Cricut Vinyl Transfer To Car

Cricut transfer paper was specifically designed to make transferring vinyl designs to project surfaces a cinch.

Cricut vinyl transfer to car.

Make sure that you have a clean and dry surface. This can either be the center or one end of your design. What else will you need. Secondly you will need vinyl transfer tape.

To apply the decal slowly peel off the vinyl paper making sure the design is intact. It is best to go slow at this stage as it is very easy to mess up if you force it. Once you ve weeded your design apply transfer tape to the top of your vinyl car decal and use the scraper to make sure everything is sticking in place as it should be. We ve all seen a car driving around with the remains of a tattered vinyl sticker on it and a big brown blotch where the sticker has deteriorated but the adhesive was still there.

With everything set take your transfer tape and place it on top of the vinyl. If you want a decal wider than that we recommend you go with the oracal or siser vinyl. Now new and improved our tape holds better during transfer and peels away cleanly once your design is in place. The most important thing you are going to need to make your own car decals is a vinyl cutting machine.

How to make a vinyl car decal with the cricut maker. Peel liner from transfer tape. After cutting this vinyl decal with the cri. The one on the left was outdoors and the one on the right was left indoors.

Vinyl cut weeded and ready to transfer. I think most people think of using permanent vinyl when making cricut car decals. The vinyl did great. I added this to my tests as more of a baseline.

Cutting vinyl with the cricut explore is very easy but weeding it and applying it to a surface can be confusing. Attach a small area of transfer tape to your design. Vinyl made for use as car decals has adhesive that will not damage the paint on a car. The downside to cricut vinyl is that it only comes with a maximum width of 12 inches.

Now it s time to apply your vinyl car decal to your vehicle. Transfer tape or stronggrip transfer tape see table above to choose the right one for your vinyl type scraper or other burnishing tool.