What Mat To Use Wit Vinyl

Use the cricut scraper tool to scrape off excess pieces of material left behind after your cut and use the cricut spatula tool to carefully remove cut images off your mat.

What mat to use wit vinyl.

You will want to put the vinyl face up on your mat and press it down well. This tutorial will show you how to cut vinyl using cricut design space which is the cricut design software used for all newer cricut models cricut explore explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker if you have an older cricut machine that uses cricut craft room the software looks different from design space but the basics are the same. I have been known to use a purple mat with htv though because it keeps it stuck down really well. Standardgrip mats for cricut joy come 4 5 x 6 5 11 4 cm x 16 5 cm and 4 5 x 12 11 4 cm x 30 4 cm are ideal for use with materials like vinyl iron on heavy cardstock poster board and smart material scraps that are too small to feed through the machine without a mat.

Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle. In this case i am using a piece that is 12 x 24 along with a 12 x 12 mat. To prevent bubbles start in the center and move out toward the edges. With minimum adhesive this mat is perfect for lighter weight materials or materials that have a high chance of ripping when being pulled from adhesive.

Especially with cricut vinyl and cricut glitter vinyl. The new pink mats are also great for fabric and leather but we won t need those in the vinyl world. If you have a roll of vinyl you can adhere to just the 12 12 area and leave the rest hanging off the edge of your mat. Use a craft stick or a cricut scraper to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl.

If the vinyl does not separate from the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl and peel away again. I use a green mat pretty much all the time with vinyl. Regular vinyl removable or permanent blue mat lightgrip cutting mat.