How To Set Vinyl On Cutting Mat For Cricut

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How to set vinyl on cutting mat for cricut.

Keep the mat covers. Wherever you drag the design on the mat the position will be locked in and your cricut will cut it out in that exact position on your mat. A green standard grip mat works best with vinyl. Everything is cut out and that saved a lot of time reloading and cutting each different layer on a new mat.

Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Cricut cutting mats come with a plastic protective cover over them. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.

To cut vinyl on a cricut you ll need a few different supplies. Each of these mats is used to cut many different types of materials from lightweight materials like printer paper and washi tape sheets to heavyweight materials like. You ll also need a weeding tool. Stick a piece of vinyl to your cutting mat making sure the paper backing side is down.

This is used to remove the negative pieces of vinyl. Test cut on new projects. Cricut lightgrip cutting mat cricut standardgrip cutting mat and the cricut stronggrip cutting mat. How do i cut vinyl on a cricut.

Here you can see where on the mat the cricut machine will cut your vinyl. Set the smart dial on your machine to vinyl or if you have an older machine without a smart dial check out cricut s cut settings guide for vinyl. To change the position of your design on the cutting mat all you need to do is select your design and manually drag it to change its position. Press flashing go button.

The smart set dial eliminates the need to make manual pressure depth and speed adjustments. Cricut makes 3 different mats to use with their explore air machines. If the blade is set too low it will chomp up your cutting mat. How to lock the position on the mat.

Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. Keep this cover and replace it after each use to keep the mat cleaner and stickier for longer. I set my material to iron on in design space and now i m ready to cut all my colors at once and it looks like i need to clean my mat. First off you ll need a cutting machine i love using my cricut explore air 2 for all of my vinyl projects.

Preparation with cricut transfer tape. The iron on comes from this htv bundle from impressed vinyl and i m cutting with the cricut maker.