What Mat To Use Wit Vinyl

Standardgrip mats for cricut joy come 4 5 x 6 5 11 4 cm x 16 5 cm and 4 5 x 12 11 4 cm x 30 4 cm are ideal for use with materials like vinyl iron on heavy cardstock poster board and smart material scraps that are too small to feed through the machine without a mat.

What mat to use wit vinyl. How to put adhesive vinyl on the mat. Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle. Use a craft stick or a cricut scraper to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl. If the vinyl does not separate from the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl and peel away again.

For storing your mats keep the clear film cover that comes with your mat in place after you are finished with your project to keep the mat free from dust and lint. To prevent bubbles start in the center and move out toward the edges. I use a green mat pretty much all the time with vinyl. With minimum adhesive this mat is perfect for lighter weight materials or materials that have a high chance of ripping when being pulled from adhesive.

The new pink mats are also great for fabric and leather but we won t need those in the vinyl world. 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. You will want to put the vinyl face up on your mat and press it down well. I have been known to use a purple mat with htv though because it keeps it stuck down really well.

Especially with cricut vinyl and cricut glitter vinyl. In this case i am using a piece that is 12 x 24 along with a 12 x 12 mat. Use the cricut scraper tool to scrape off excess pieces of material left behind after your cut and use the cricut spatula tool to carefully remove cut images off your mat.