Weeding Vinyl With Tape

If you have an older machine or haven t replaced the blade in some time weeding vinyl can be a nightmare.

Weeding vinyl with tape.

Leave it in. If you try to use tape on regular adhesive vinyl the whole thing does come up. In theory this is easier to weed for smaller decals than doing it the regular way. For adhesive vinyl you can weed directly on the transfer tape.

The heat transfer vinyl is stuck down onto a paper and it takes some effort to get it off. Check out the extended post for step by step details. Reverse weeding is for adhesive vinyl only. The parts that the machine has cut are easier to come up.

Using your weeding tool grab the thin layer of backing like you are weeding a normal design and the backing will come right off. Now simply grab the corner of the application tape carefully pull it away and your vinyl design is complete. Https amzn to 39xd1um fiskars self healing mat. Your vinyl is not weeding correctly.

Then cover the lettering in transfer tape like you normally would remove the backing paper and apply as usual. From there you should be able to remove the transfer tape and waste vinyl without running the risk of losing letters. Some people remove the outer piece of vinyl then transfer the design and weed all the details on top of the sticky transfer tape. 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.

I have only found it to work on heat transfer vinyl that you apply to fabric. Once you get your vinyl on your transfer tape flip it over and weed off the backing paper. A how to tutorial video for new crafters on how to cut weed and transfer vinyl to glass. It is an easy fix for a few stubborn pieces of backing paper attached to your vinyl.