Prepping Your Craft Vinyl

After you have got picked a style to chop, place the vinyl shiny aspect informed your mat. you are doing not have to be compelled to mirror your pictures.

If you want to create positive you narrow your Craft vinyl to a vinyl set. * If you're not obtaining a clean cut you'll apply additional pressure on identical material settings.

Weed your style

Use your weeding tool to assist you with the little items. 

Now cut a bit of transfer film to hide your entire image. Use your squeegee to push firmly across the image to create positive you have got contact.

A useful trick, flip your image over and push across it many times with a squeegee. along with your image still face down, slowly begin to peel your back paper off from the transfer tape. If any piece isn't protrusive to the tape, you'll use a weeding tool to assist elevate those items.

Application

Be sure that the item you're applying the vinyl to is clean and free from any lint. you'll use a lint roller associated wipe down with an alcohol wipe if needed.

A trick for serving with application alignment of a craft vinyl image is to use a bit of parchment paper to get across your item for you to put your transfer image on prime of and regulate your image pro re nata.

Once your image is within the desired place, you'll use the hinge methodology to depress one aspect of your transfer tape and pull the parchment paper out from beneath.

Press firmly from the middle out and use your squeegee tool to get rid of any bubbles. If you wish for a video method, examine our Youtube Tutorial here.

Protect your creations

If you would like to increase the design of a glass or picket project, you'll invariably use a transparent acrylic sealer over the Chameleon craft vinyl to preserve your styles.