Start by peeling away the excess vinyl the largest parts of the design that you won t be applying to the finished piece.
What to do with weeded vinyl.
This is a good time to make sure you have weeded everything you don t want to transfer to your final project.
I used to stick the weeded vinyl to my hand but my skin had a reaction to the sticky.
Weeding means to remove any of the vinyl that you don t want including any insides of the letters.
Transferring the final design.
A vinyl machine is merely step 1 in the process.
And some projects go better than others.
Once you have all the excess vinyl removed from your design you can flip it over and see how your final design will look through the clear plastic carrier.
You carefully dig up all the little pieces that aren t supposed to be there without destroying any of your beautiful flowers.
You get better at it the more you do.
There really is no trick to weeding.
Some manufacturers make what they call easy weed.
The steps to clean weed transfer and apply cut vinyl to most standard surfaces.
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We also need to think about steps 2 and 3.
Weeding vinyl is the process of removing the unwanted vinyl from your cut design.
Some people prefer to add a weeding box around their image when they cut.
They then pull up the box around the image and continue to weed from there.
The weeding ring solved that.
Now we are all ready to transfer our cut and weeded design to our t.
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You can think of it like weeding a garden.
When you place a cut vinyl design upon the brightpad or other lightpad for weeding vinyl you are instantly able to see all the cut lines.
After the design is cut it is time to weed the vinyl.
Ok let s look at how this is done so you have a complete picture of the cutting process.
The thicker the vinyl you are working with is the more the lightpad will help you.