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Easy vinyl weeding techniques.
Cut settings in cricut design space.
Never let the weed mature unless it ll fix its roots and spill its seeds.
I ll go over how to find easy fonts to weed as well as tips for working with tricky scripts or small lettering words.
If you are weeding a big piece cut away 2 or 3 inch sections of the vinyl as you go.
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In this article i ll cover what weeding vinyl is and give you the very basics of how to weed vinyl effectively so that you don t waste any material.
Tips and tricks for making it easy.
When laying the unweeded vinyl on the table right reading start weeding from the upper right to the lower left.
If you yank only the leaves weeds will grow back.
This makes it more manageable and prevents the extra sticky vinyl scraps from pulling other parts of the design off common vinyl weeding problems and how to fix them.
You might try any of the following tips to make weeding small letters easier.
Weeding iron on vinyl.
Easy labor free weeding trick is to cover the weeds with plastic rug or mat for two to four weeks much better if it s of black color.
What makes vinyl even more easy to weed is what siser calls the heat press trick.
In this video i show you the reverse weeding technique which is especially great when doing vinyl in small or thin fonts.
Place your htv on the warmed lower platen and the warmth will loosen up the adhesive on the pressure sensitive backing.
Pull up the plant with root ball and if you don t find time for weeding chop the plants and pluck the flowers.
Extra bits of vinyl sticking to the finished design.
It happens weed after it rains.
The most important rule of weeding.
Do it right the first time you re done.
If you have letters that are 1 2 or smaller try taping out the entire area cut.
Grab the weed close to the ground and pull straight up.
Unless pieces of the root break off in the ground.
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July 9 2018 by cori george 3 comments.
Don t leave the roots behind.
But when you cut out vinyl weeding has to be done.