Iron On Vinyl Shiny Side Down

Once machine senses materials it measures your material to ensure there s enough for your project.

Iron on vinyl shiny side down.

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. Find out more about why we have to mirror here. One of the hardest parts when i first started cutting with iron on material was knowing which side to place down. Put the shiny side down on your mat.

Mirror the image in the design program before cutting otherwise when you flip the vinyl the cut will be backwards. Put the iron on vinyl shiny side down on the mat so you re cutting the back of the vinyl and not the carrier sheet. It doesn t seem like it would be hard but it was a serious struggle. Place iron on sheet shiny liner side down onto standardgrip mat.

Choose the correct cut setting as different htv can be different thicknesses make some test cuts if you. With iron on vinyl there is a clear smooth sheet on one side this goes face down on the mat. It makes it really easy. Select and size the image s you want to cut.

Put your mat in the machine and load it in. So when you re cutting you ll want to cut through your vinyl the dull side and keep the thick plastic backing the shiny side intact. So again that s shiny side down. Verify your design is mirrored and cut your heat transfer vinyl.

Adhere your heat transfer vinyl with the shiny backing side down onto your cutting mat and load into your machine. Cut on iron on vinyl setting. Using both hands insert material shiny liner side down under guides until rollers grip material. For best results make sure material has a straight edge.

That means you are putting the shiny transfer tape on the sticky mat surface. The kiss cut should cut the top layer the vinyl while leaving the bottom layer the plastic more or less in tack. Be sure to mirror all images prior to cutting. Also it is why you put the shiny side down when you cut cricut iron on vinyl.

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. You want to do something called a kiss cut it will make everything loads easier especially if you have lots of small pieces like words or designs. If you have more than one color please note you need to mirror on all the mats.