How to use heat transfer vinyl with your silhouette or cricut there are a few basic steps to working with heat transfer vinyl and i will walk you through each one.
What cricut needle do i use for heat transfer vinyl.
Use in a well ventilated area vapors from heating process may be irritating to sensitive individuals.
This tutorial will show you how to cut heat transfer vinyl using a cricut maker and cricut design space the free online design software that comes with all current cricut machines cricut explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker.
The steps are basically the same no matter.
Both look great and hold up well on fleece.
It cuts too deep and will cut your carrier sheet.
If irritation persists seek medical attention.
On the explore series you can set your dial to iron on for cutting or on custom and pick from the list in cricut design space.
Now burnish transfer tape onto the surface starting in the center and moving out toward the edges.
Use thicker textured vinyl materials.
You can use any of the cricut machines with heat transfer vinyl.
Expressions vinyl and cricut are both great places to get all of your vinyl.
That s why i stick to materials with texture.
I ve used both flocked heat transfer vinyl and glitter iron on vinyl successfully.
In this case i had yellow and the back is white.
You will use the fine point blade that comes with all machines.
They are preparing your cut file cutting weeding and applying.
Applying heat transfer vinyl to the mat.
There is a setting under iron on called heat transfer non cricut don t use it.
Use a craft stick or cricut scraper.
Peel away the transfer tape from the vinyl at a 45 degree angle.
For contact with eyes immediately flush with water.
Cricut machine does not cut through my material if your cricut explore or cricut maker machine is not cutting all the way through your material or is only scoring the material this issue can usually be resolved with some basic troubleshooting.
I m not sure what material it would cut well but it will cut too deeply for most brands of heat transfer vinyl.
How to use heat transfer vinyl with a cricut machine.
You can use flat heat transfer vinyl but it may look a bit bumpy with the fleece underneath.
As part of showing you how to cut heat transfer vinyl with the cricut i want to show you some tips for applying the vinyl to the mat.
In case of skin irritation immediately wash skin with soap and water.