Cricut Vinyl Shiny Side Up Or Down

Using both hands insert material shiny liner side down under guides until rollers grip material.

Cricut vinyl shiny side up or down.

Place iron on sheet shiny liner side down onto standardgrip mat. Most removable vinyl adhesive can be removed by just peeling it up. Removable vinyl is perfect for applications where you may want to remove the vinyl in the future. Select and size the image s you want to cut.

Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat. In the cricut joy app mirror is enabled automatically when you select a heat transfer material. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.

Perform test cuts to get your settings correct and remember to reverse your image on your computer before cutting htv. So again that s shiny side down. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings. Here is another example shinny carrier side hard to pick through the vinyl side.

The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette. Cricut vinyl older and being discontinued does not specify permanent or removable oracal 631. The iron on vinyl is put onto the roll carrier side out which means the side that curls down is the carrier side and the side that curls up is the vinyl side. Cutting glitter iron on with a cricut machine.

So if my image about takes up 2 inches across by 3 inches up and down i ll cut a 3 by 4 inch rectangle. I still can t tell which side i cut iron on vinyl on. Whatever mat and machine you are using put your adhesive vinyl paper backing side down onto your mat so the colored vinyl side is facing up see image below. 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.

Press flashing go button. Be sure to mirror all images prior to. Think wall decals temporary signs and decorations etc. The vinyl side goes face up.

If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. The shiny side goes down when your cutting. It s the shinny side. Adjust your machine settings according to the iron on kiss cut guide below a kiss cut goes through the iron on film and leaves the liner intact.

Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear. For best results make sure material has a straight edge. Cut on iron on vinyl setting. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.

Find cutting and application instructions below. In the end if you re faced with two shiny sides the same color the slightly less shiny side is going to be the vinyl side. Preparation with cricut transfer tape. Then position it plastic side down and vinyl side up the more dull less shiny side.

Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Cutting premium vinyl permanent with a cricut machine.