Cutting vinyl with the cricut explore is very easy but weeding it and applying it to a surface can be confusing.
Videos on how to weed 651 vinyl.
Are you wanting to learn a few more tips and tricks before your first project.
My preferred permanent vinyl is oracal 651.
Those vinyls are gorgeous but it is impossible to see the cut lines.
Cut weed and apply the vinyl weed the vinyl.
751 vinyls are easier compared to 220 and 651.
After the design is cut it is time to weed the vinyl.
Some people prefer to add a weeding box around their image when they cut.
There are also various types of lengths of vinyl coming in 15 inch 24 inch 30 inch all the way to 54 inch.
They then pull up the box around the image and continue to weed from.
There are a lot of different types of vinyl used and some are a whole lot easier to weed than others.
Using the cricut brightpad is by far the easiest way to weed vinyl that s either super sticky or hard to see like glitter vinyls or holographic vinyl.
This is glossy permanent and great for anything that is going to get washed or exposed to weather.
A quick little video to show how incredibly great the weeding properties of oracal 651 intermediate calendared vinyl are.
Car decals mugs glasses etc.
I used to shy away from the pretty glitter and patterned vinyl because i always ripped my design when i was weeding it.
After cutting this vinyl decal with the cri.
Are you just starting out with your cutting machine.