Cricut Iron On Vinyl Shiny Side Up Or Down

There is no transfer tape required with cricut iron on vinyl because it is already hooked onto the vinyl.

Cricut iron on vinyl shiny side up or down.

Most removable vinyl adhesive can be removed by just peeling it up. 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. Be sure to mirror all images prior to. Sometimes separating the two layers at the corner can be tricky so i opt for using my cricut weeding tool to puncture the top layer and then pull up the corner to start.

Iron on vinyl on the other hand has a shiny clear plastic carrier sheet on one side and the colorful matte back of the iron on vinyl on the other. This means that the good side is down. So again that s shiny side down. Put your mat in the machine and load it in.

There is a layer of plastic that will be peeled away. It makes it really easy. The adhesive side will be up. Select and size the image s you want to cut.

That means you are putting the shiny transfer tape on the sticky mat surface. It doesn t seem like it would be hard but it was a serious struggle. Cutting glitter iron on with a cricut machine. Temporary signs and decorations etc.

Cut on iron on vinyl setting. 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. Also it is why you put the shiny side down when you cut cricut iron on vinyl. Next be sure that you lay the shiny side down of your cricut metallic iron on i used it in espresso.

Place your material with the. It is also worth mentioning that heat transfer vinyl is not sticky to the touch. Place the shiny side down on your mat. Place iron on sheet shiny liner side down onto standardgrip mat.

Then position it plastic side down and vinyl side up the more dull less shiny side. Once your design is cut it s time to remove all the excess iron on. The adhesive is heat activated so you will not feel anything on the surface. One of the hardest parts when i first started cutting with iron on material was knowing which side to place down.