What Side Do I Put Glitter Vinyl

I still can t tell which side i cut iron on vinyl on.

What side do i put glitter vinyl.

You get the idea the list is literally endless. So i broke out my very first role of vinyl and sat down to figure. The reason i wanted a cricut in the first place learning how to cut glitter vinyl. With regular htv it s usually really obvious which side is the vinyl and which side is the carrier sheet.

Refer to glitter vinyl kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings a kiss cut goes through the vinyl film and leaves the liner intact. On the cricut explore set the dial to custom. Glitter heat transfer vinyl siser glitter htv is a bit thicker so you have to use a custom setting to cut it. The carrier side goes face down because we need it to stay intact for heat application so we cut through the duller adhesive side of the material.

But sometimes you can t tell. Place vinyl liner side down onto lightgrip mat. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. Select images and size and load the mat into your machine.

Adjust your machine settings according to the iron on kiss cut guide below a kiss cut goes through the iron on film and leaves the liner intact. For my decal i decided to use expressions vinyl series 31 removable vinyl in bright berry. So if you ever find yourself flipping a piece of htv over from side to side wondering which way to put it on the mat here s a simple trick to figure it out. Cutting glitter vinyl with a cricut machine.

The clear carrier sheet is the shiny side. Now here is how to tell the 2 sides apart. Regular heat transfer vinyl regular siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl htv can be cut using the iron on setting on the dial of the cricut explore. Be sure to mirror all images prior to.

The shiny side goes down when your cutting. Pick a side of the sheet that you suspect might be the cut side e g the white side of the sheet of red htv. The vinyl side goes face up. The iron on vinyl is put onto the roll carrier side out which means the side that curls down is the carrier side and the side that curls up is the vinyl side.

In the end if you re faced with two shiny sides the same color the slightly less shiny side is going to be the vinyl side. Cutting glitter vinyl or any vinyl for that matter gives me the ability to make new pillow covers wine glasses window clings curtains. Shiny carrier sheet dull vinyl. Place iron on sheet shiny liner side down onto standardgrip mat.

If you can get your tool under a layer of vinyl and pull it back then that s the side you should be cutting. Get through a corner of your htv like the picture above. Cutting glitter iron on with a cricut machine. The shiny side of the material is the clear carrier.

The carrier holds the heat transfer vinyl pieces in place so they re always properly aligned. Here is the same htv dull side it is easier to weed through the corner.