Weeding Vinyl Cricut

The cricut brightpad is yet another great way to make weeding vinyl easier.

Weeding vinyl cricut.

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. Weeding vinyl is the process of removing the excess material that you do not want on your project. Renown cricket artist kim demonstrates the simple step by step process to weeding your cricut vinyl projects perfectly every time. So all cricut vinyl projects need to be weeded.

There is not special cricut weeding vinyl. If you use your cricut on a weekly basis like us yo. The design is made much more visible and it becomes easy to distinguish the area that needs weeded out. The tweexy weeding vinyl ring is a must have tool for vinyl crafters.

Don t be afraid of the intricate designs. I ve been weeding for years now and i would love to share with you some must know tips for weeding vinyl. Then flip the transfer tape over and weed the extra vinyl off the transfer tape. I used to shy away from the pretty glitter and patterned vinyl because i always ripped my design when i was weeding it.

Whether you are using cricut vinyl permanent or removable or heat transfer vinyl htv your project will need to be weeded. I cut this project on my cricut explore. You carefully dig up all the little pieces that aren t supposed to be there without destroying any of your beautiful flowers. Cricut tips for weeding adhesive vinyl.

Weeding using the cricut brightpad 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. I generally find it easier weeding adhesive vinyl than weeding iron on vinyl but you still need to be careful and go slowly. Tweexy is the patented product used by thousands of cricut vinyl crafters for removing scraps from your pick with ease. You can also do what s called reverse weeding when working with adhesive vinyl.

They aren t as hard as they look. You can think of it like weeding a garden. Reverse weeding is placing the entire image on the transfer tape first before you remove any excess vinyl.