Reverse weeding is for adhesive vinyl only.
Cut in reverse vinyl.
With standard cut the price of your vinyl lettering is based off of the size of your actual design whereas with reverse cut the price will be based off of the size of the square rectangle you are having your design cut out of.
Cut the vinyl.
Heat transfer vinyl needs to be mirrored every single time you cut it.
You can grab one for yourself here.
When to mirror heat transfer vinyl.
Now it s time to learn how to reverse weed.
In theory this is easier to weed for smaller.
School is right around the corner and one of the best parts of beginning a new year is labeling all the fun supplies with my cutting machine.
It s where you apply transfer tape across the whole unweeded decal and then weed the excess vinyl away from the transfer tape instead of the carrier sheet.
You will need to place the material face down on your mat then cut the back of the material with your design.
My new favourite is the true control knife from cricut the blade doesn t shake or come loose and you don t have to touch the blade to change it.
It s going to come down to one thing.
With reverse cut each element in your design will be cut away from the background of the vinyl material.
Load the mat into the machine and hit the go button.
Foil iron on gives a metallic finish and is.
There are so many types of iron on but here are a few of my favourites.
For super small areas like pens or pencils i have found that the easiest way to work with the tiny cuts of adhesive vinyl is a technique called reverse weeding.
There are a couple different vinyl options when it comes to making a reverse canvas with vinyl.
This is used to cut the canvas from the frame.
Place the adhesive vinyl color side facing up backing paper underneath on your green standardgrip mat.
If you like investing a little more time and energy into a project you can use permanent vinyl like a 651 or a cricut permanent variety.
If you separate the words of your design first like i have then each piece will be much easier to.
