Weeding Vinyl

The tweexy weeding vinyl ring is a must have tool for vinyl crafters.

Weeding vinyl.

Tweexy is made from 100 soft silicone rubber that is still firm enough to allow the tiniest scraps to be easily scraped off your pick yet is still pleasantly comfortable to wear on your fingers for hours. You can think of it like weeding a garden. A vinyl cutter cuts along the lines of the design but it doesn t remove the extra vinyl. The design is made much more visible and it becomes easy to distinguish the area that needs weeded out.

You carefully dig up all the little pieces that aren t supposed to be there without destroying any of your beautiful flowers. 99 vinyl weeding tool se 5 piece wax carving probe set dd3105c. Lay a corner of the vinyl gently on your receiving surface and smooth the design into position. When laying the unweeded vinyl on the table right reading start weeding from the upper right to the lower left.

I ve been weeding for years now and i would love to share with you some must know tips for weeding vinyl. Tweexy is the patented product used by thousands of cricut vinyl crafters for removing scraps from your pick with ease. In this video i show you the reverse weeding technique which is especially great when doing vinyl in small or thin fonts. Sometimes the vinyl s adhesive needs time to adhere to the surface a little better and bond.

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 unwanted vinyl from your cut design. But when you cut out vinyl weeding has to be done. You might try any of the following tips to make weeding small letters easier.

Use gentle pressure to work gradually across your design from a corner. Whaline weeding vinyl tools 4 pieces stainless steel precision with case vinyl craft paper craft tool kit for silhouettes cameos lettering scraper hook spatula tweezers mint green 5 0 out of 5 stars 15. If you have cleaned your surface well with rubbing alcohol but your vinyl is still not sticking try leaving the transfer tapeon the vinyl for a bit after applying it onto the surface. What is weeding vinyl.

Cut settings in cricut design space. The cricut brightpad is yet another great way to make weeding vinyl easier. If you have letters that are 1 2 or smaller try taping out the entire area cut.