Easy Vinyl Weeding Techniques

Grab the weed close to the ground and pull straight up.

Easy vinyl weeding techniques.

This makes it more manageable and prevents the extra sticky vinyl scraps from pulling other parts of the design off common vinyl weeding problems and how to fix them. Easy labor free weeding trick is to cover the weeds with plastic rug or mat for two to four weeks much better if it s of black color. If you have letters that are 1 2 or smaller try taping out the entire area cut. Unless pieces of the root break off in the ground.

But when you cut out vinyl weeding has to be done. What makes vinyl even more easy to weed is what siser calls the heat press trick. You might try any of the following tips to make weeding small letters easier. I highly recommend investing in a cricut brightpad.

Don t leave the roots behind. Pull up the plant with root ball and if you don t find time for weeding chop the plants and pluck the flowers. Do it right the first time you re done. I ll go over how to find easy fonts to weed as well as tips for working with tricky scripts or small lettering words.

If you are weeding a big piece cut away 2 or 3 inch sections of the vinyl as you go. Weeding iron on vinyl. Tips and tricks for making it easy. Cut settings in cricut design space.

When laying the unweeded vinyl on the table right reading start weeding from the upper right to the lower left. It is a little pricey but i m able to make a wider verity of products with all the fancy vinyl i couldn t use before all because i couldn t see the cut lines. The most important rule of weeding. Extra bits of vinyl sticking to the finished design.

July 9 2018 by cori george 3 comments. If you purchase something through the link i may receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. In this article i ll cover what weeding vinyl is and give you the very basics of how to weed vinyl effectively so that you don t waste any material. Never let the weed mature unless it ll fix its roots and spill its seeds.

It happens weed after it rains. Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f. In this video i show you the reverse weeding technique which is especially great when doing vinyl in small or thin fonts. Reverse weeding is when you weed off the transfer tape rather than weeding off the paper backing of the vinyl.