Use a craft stick or scraper found in the cricut tool kit to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl.
Cricut iron on vinyl what side down to print.
Cricut foil iron on vinyl is available in 12 different colors and can be used with all cricut cutters.
Select everyday iron on from the list of materials.
Take cricut sportflex white iron on vinyl for example which is shiny on both sides.
You need to cut out a piece of heat transfer vinyl that is the size of the phrase according to design space and place it shiny side down to your blue or green cricut mat.
For iron on vinyl you want to get the mirror image it s not important unless you have text or an image you need to face a certain direction.
One of the hardest parts when i first started cutting with iron on material was knowing which side to place down.
You can see the vinyl side up in this photo of heat transfer vinyl on a standard grip cutting mat.
Place the iron on vinyl on the cricut standard grip cutting mat liner side down.
With iron on vinyl there is a clear smooth sheet on one side this goes face down on the mat.
It comes in a roll measuring 12 inches tall by 24 inches wide.
The liner side should be the one placed down on the mat.
Notice how it s curled down.
Let me tell you it s not a matter of if but when you go to cut and you ve forgotten to flip your images so i highly recommend just getting into the habit of that whenever you have an iron on vinyl project whether it s necessary or not.
Place iron on sheet liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat.
If using a cricut explore machine turn smart set dial to custom.
A bit of a pain in the rear make sure you re buying 12 vinyl when you re shopping.
Gently place the transfer tape adhesive side down over the images.
Put your mat in the machine and load it in.
If using smart iron on with cricut joy it may be loaded into the machine without a mat.
The cricut can cut a maximum width of 12 so i had to cut my vinyl down by hand to make it fit on the mat.
Load it into the machine and cut your design.
How is adhesive vinyl different than iron on vinyl htv.
To prevent bubbles start in the center and move out toward the edges.
Working with vinyl iron on can be a lot of fun but it can also be really frustrating.
Make sure the materials are set to everyday iron on and that you have mirrored the image this will cut it out backwards like it s supposed to.
If you look carefully at iron on vinyl there is a liner side and a vinyl side.
It doesn t seem like it would be hard but it was a serious struggle.
And here s the vinyl side of the cricut sportflex white iron on vinyl look closely and you ll see it s ever so slightly less shiny.
In this post we go over your most common questions about vinyl iron on for cricut and other machines can benefit too as well as answering some questions about the easypress 2.
