How To Layer Vinyl On Mat

How to layer vinyl faqs.

How to layer vinyl on mat.

I m using the cricut explore air 2 to cut out my vinyl. It s sticky it gets static cling and that bottom layer jumps up to kiss that top layer before you have it centered correctly and it can be challenging to pull the layers apart without ruining them. How many layers of vinyl can you layer. Press the second layer of the label into the transfer tape and peel up the transfer tape and the two layers of vinyl should come with it.

When it s finished cutting unload it from the machine and set it aside. Cricut vinyl cricut mat vinyl decals vinyl crafts vinyl projects silhouette cameo silhouette machine cricut expression 2 cricut explore projects more information. One of the biggest hang ups i hear when talking to readers or my friends about adhesive vinyl is how difficult it is to layer correctly. Saved by debra huber.

Each mat will need to be mirrored because it is heat applied in reverse onto the t shirt. Cutting out multiple colors at once. I ve got three different mats in ds for each color in my design. Load your piece of white vinyl on the silhouette cutting mat and into the silhouette cameo machine and send it to be cut.

Move the pink layer on and repeat the steps to cut the pink layer. There is a method called subtracting that you can learn how to do this better with. I ve put all my colors of htv onto my cricut mat. If you re layering vinyl on top of each other i would probably stop at 3 maybe 4 colors.

Vinyl is a plastic and does not adhere long term to itself. Go back into silhouette studio and move the white layer off the virtual mat. I ve set my dial to iron on and have put my htv shiny colored side down on the mat. In the mat preview i clicked to edit my mat and manually spaced everything just a little further apart so that they would be cut in the right color.

It is better to have every color adhere to the tshirt itself instead of adhering to the vinyl because the adhesive is made to be stuck to a porous material and vinyl is not porous but the cotton fibers are. Now you know the trick to layering vinyl and some extra tips let s take a look at those frequently asked questions when it comes to layering vinyl. It s super important you put your iron on vinyl shiny side down on your cutting mat. If you re using my be kind or registration versions of the sunflower design there are cut boxes around.

Putting layered vinyl on a surface before you put your decal on your surface peel off the layers of registration triangles off the transfer tape and discard.