What Mat To Use For Vinyl Cricut
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
What mat to use for vinyl cricut. To remove your vinyl from your cricut mat bend your mat away from the vinyl instead of peeling the vinyl up off the mat. Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear. Finally i like using a paper trimmer to cut down my vinyl so i can save the scraps and use later. Which cricut mat do i use with vinyl.
Each of these mats is used to cut many different types of materials from lightweight materials like printer paper and washi tape sheets to heavyweight materials like. This helps prevent curling. The stronggrip mat is a reusable adhesive cutting mat perfect for heavyweight materials. You can also use a brayer to roll the material onto the mat for more adhesion.
Press flashing go button. We have our green mat which is considered a standard grip mat we have the blue mat which is a light grip and we have purple mats which are heavy duty gripping action. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
Cricut makes 3 different mats to use with their explore air machines. Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle. Okay so we have three options here. This tutorial will show you how to cut vinyl using cricut design space which is the cricut design software used for all newer cricut models cricut explore explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker if you have an older cricut machine that uses cricut craft room the software looks different from design space but the basics are the same.
For use with cricut maker and cricut explore family machines. The standardgrip mat is a reusable adhesive cutting mat perfect for a wide range of medium weight materials. Cricut lightgrip cutting mat cricut standardgrip cutting mat and the cricut stronggrip cutting mat. 1 roll 5 5 x 48 13 9 cm x 121 9 cm auto loads for continuous cuts without a cutting mat permanent adhesive lasts up to 3 years for cricut joy.
The new pink mats are also great for fabric and leather but we won t need those in the vinyl world. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat. Use a craft stick or scraper found in the cricut tool kit to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl. I like to use the blue mat as a general rule but a green mat will work as well.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. Which mat to use with vinyl. If the vinyl does not separate from the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl and peel away again. How to weed adhesive vinyl.