Ways To Cut Vinyl Sheet

Trace the template onto the sheet vinyl flooring.

Ways to cut vinyl sheet.

Many people will use an ordinary hand saw to cut pvc. How to do it make template and cut. Using the framing square to guide your blade begin cutting along the marked line at a 45 degree angle. Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio.

Roll out your vinyl on a clean dry and smooth surface like the garage floor or driveway. Use a utility knife to cut halfway through your vinyl plank. Double cut the seam by holding a straightedge along the desired seam location and cutting through both pieces of vinyl with a sharp utility knife. Lay out and cut a template just as you would for standard sheet vinyl.

Cut the sheet vinyl flooring to match the paper template. Cutting pvc sheets is a common task performed by carpenters and plumbers. Keep the knife perpendicular to the flooring. After the design is cut it is time to weed the vinyl.

Don t worry about cutting all the way through the plank. You should apply a moderate amount of pressure to cut roughly halfway through your vinyl plank. Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat. Cut weed and apply the vinyl weed the vinyl.

Now that you ve made the template and installed the underlayment all that s left is cutting out the vinyl and gluing it down. Lay the paper template on top of the vinyl and tape the edge that extra inch or so you left outside your wall line to the vinyl. Stick a piece of vinyl to your cutting mat making sure the paper backing side is down. It s used to make piping roofing electric wire insulation and even clothing.

Some people prefer to add a weeding box around their image when they cut. If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt. Your particular brand of. The screen will show a progress bar as your machine completes the cut.

They then pull up the box around the image and continue to weed from. Weeding means to remove any of the vinyl that you don t want including any insides of the letters. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.

Once the mat is loaded the screen will tell you to press the flashing go button. Then load the mat into your cricut machine by pressing the flashing load unload button.