How To Lay Vinyl On Cricut Mat

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How to lay vinyl on cricut mat. You ll find this guide useful when you need to re use an old cricut a silhouette mat or a cake mat that s used for baking. If you ve ever wondered how exactly to cut and apply cricut vinyl this video is for you. Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear. The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette.

Wherever you drag the design on the mat the position will be locked in and your cricut will cut it out in that exact position on your mat. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Don t confuse this with htv iron on vinyl that has to be placed shiny side down. Most basically a cutting mat is a lined piece of plastic that has one sticky side.

Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat. Apply the vinyl to the cricut mat with the vinyl side up. The point of the sticky side is to let you stick your material here heat transfer vinyl onto the mat which holds it in place. Cricut machine i have the cricut explore air and i love it cricut standardgrip cutting mat.

Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings. Preparation with cricut transfer tape. Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.

This video will walk you through how to put your paper on your mat and load it into your cricut. To change the position of your design on the cutting mat all you need to do is select your design and manually drag it to change its position. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat. Rachel will break down how simple it is to cut and apply vinyl to y.

You then load the cutting mat and your material into the cutting machine and voila. Refer to kiss cut guide table below to adjust machine settings. Preparation with cricut transfer tape. Here is what you need to get started cutting vinyl on a cricut.

Remove the negative pieces from each of the images using the weeder found in the cricut tool kit leaving. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. Press flashing go button. Cricut mats come in several different variants but the method of cleaning should be more or less the same.

How to lock the position on the mat. Take your scraper tool and make sure there are no bubbles and that it is adhered to the mat well. How to cut vinyl with a cricut machine.