What Mat To Use Wit Vinyl

Regular vinyl removable or permanent blue mat lightgrip cutting mat.

What mat to use wit vinyl.

Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle. I use a green mat pretty much all the time with vinyl. To prevent bubbles start in the center and move out toward the edges. 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.

The blue mat or the lightgrip cutting mat is probably the mat that i reach for the least. Especially with cricut vinyl and cricut glitter vinyl. 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. For storing your mats keep the clear film cover that comes with your mat in place after you are finished with your project to keep the mat free from dust and lint.

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. If the vinyl does not separate from the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl and peel away again. You will want to put the vinyl face up on your mat and press it down well. 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.

Use a craft stick or a cricut scraper to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl. The new pink mats are also great for fabric and leather but we won t need those in the vinyl world. How to put adhesive vinyl on the mat.