Snap Method Of Weeding Vinyl

Cut a box around each word or letter so that you can work on pulling up one section of vinyl at a time.

Snap method of weeding vinyl.

Easily weed adhesive vinyl in a snap duration. Some also suggest waxing method might be most appropriate. Who s afraid of weeding hundreds of cut vinyl decals when you have the technique down. I discovered this method 17 years ago.

Snap weeding vinyl discussion in tips tricks started by biker scout dec 24 2013. Like weeding lines you can add a weeding box in the design stage by simply placing a square border close around the outside of each part of your design. It works for most projects whether it be vinyl or cardstock. In this case having a temper when small letters didn t weed well for the win.

In theory this is easier to weed for smaller. Reverse weeding is for adhesive vinyl only. Biker scout very active member. Southern skylights 4 846 views.

Lay it on the weeding area with the sticky side up and use spring clamps to hold the vinyl down. Single weeding tool 1 single tool cricut starter tool kit 6 tools and includes weeding tool the exclusive cricut weeding set this set is solely for weeding are there different methods for weeding. Use a weeding box. Or just do it by hand with a craft knife.

So most people use the regular method. This makes it so you can weed away the excess without losing the proper alignment of the vinyl. This technique where you quickly rip off the excess vinyl around the cut design rather than slowly pulling away the negative has also been called snap weeding. Another method you can try is to cut only a weeding border and no weeding lines except those needed to separate the letter groupings.

If you re going to attempt this fast weeding method i suggest you prepare yourself that includes. 1 505 4 38. Page 1 of 2 1 2 next dec 24 2013 1. See my example.

Start by peeling away the excess vinyl the largest parts of the design that you won t be applying to the finished piece. I ll let you decide. It s where you apply transfer tape across the whole unweeded decal and then weed the excess vinyl away from the transfer tape instead of the carrier sheet. While we have an entire post dedicated to reverse weeding on a christmas mug project we ll share the gist of it here.

Prowraps very active member. The steps to clean weed transfer and apply cut vinyl to most standard surfaces.