Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear.
Which side does siser htv vinyl gors on cricut mat.
Cut with the carrier side down and the adhesive side up.
It has a similar feel to felt or suede material.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
Today we ll be showing you a surefire way to know which side of your heat transfer vinyl to cut.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
It is applied to clothing or other textiles with heat and pressure.
You create a great design in cricut design space and decide it s destined to be on a t shirt.
Cut your design in reverse on the side that does not show the final color for some colors it i.
This leaves the adhesive side exposed to the blade and is the reason why cut files need to be mirrored or flipped horizontally when cut from htv.
It s happened to all of us.
Easypsv however has different cutting directions.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
This tutorial will show you how to cut heat transfer vinyl using a cricut maker and cricut design space the free online design software that comes with all.
It is a much thicker variety of vinyl than regular heat transfer vinyl htv.
Now try to peel away the vinyl.
With regular htv it s usually really obvious which side is the vinyl and which side is the carrier sheet.
Shiny carrier sheet dull vinyl.
You send your siser heat transfer vinyl through the cutter and do a happy dance as you unload the material.
How to place htv on the cutting mat.
But sometimes you can t tell.
Your happy dance is cut short by groans of frustration when your htv does not weed easy sometimes the blade did not cut deep enough which results in parts of.
Here s a small piece of red siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl and i ve got it shiny side down as i cut out the vinyl on the corner.
Because heat transfer vinyl is on the carrier sheet with the adhesive side exposed it must be.
Get out your craft knife and make a small cut in the corner on the side you think is the vinyl side like this cut only through the vinyl not all the way through.
Heat transfer vinyl is always cut with the shiny carrier side down on the mat.
If you want to learn how to cut adhesive vinyl with your cricut machine like if you want to make wall decals or customized tumblers check out my other tutorial.
Heat transfer vinyl is often called htv or t shirt vinyl.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
When working with heat transfer vinyl the shiny side of the material always goes face down for cutting this shiny side is called the carrier it covers the face the colored side that will face out on the garment of the htv and holds the cut pieces in alignment during cutting and applying.
It is a type of fuzzy or furry heat transfer vinyl.
The fuzz means it is raised adding dimension to your design.
If you are looking for a cricut design space tutorial on how to cut adhesive vinyl for hard goods check out this tutorial.
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.
Press flashing go button.
Flocked htv needs to be applied with an iron the cricut easypress or a heat press machine.