Is The Cricut Vinyl Shiny Side Down

Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.

Is the cricut vinyl shiny side down.

Perform test cuts to get your settings correct and remember to reverse your image on your computer before cutting htv. Use a craft stick or scraper found in the cricut tool kit to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl. Also it is why you put the shiny side down when you cut cricut iron on vinyl. Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear.

Then position it plastic side down and vinyl side up the more dull less shiny side. It makes it really easy. The vinyl side goes face up. The shiny side goes down when your cutting.

So again that s shiny side down. The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette. To prevent bubbles start in the center and move out toward the edges. Preparation with cricut transfer tape.

Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. Press flashing go button. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. There is no transfer tape required with cricut iron on vinyl because it is already hooked onto the vinyl.

Mirror the image in the design program before cutting otherwise when you flip the vinyl the cut will be backwards. Gently place the transfer tape adhesive side down over the images. Whatever mat and machine you are using put your adhesive vinyl paper backing side down onto your mat so the colored vinyl side is facing up see image below. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.

That means you are putting the shiny transfer tape on the sticky mat surface. Cut on iron on vinyl setting. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings. It s the shinny side.

Here is another example shinny carrier side hard to pick through the vinyl side. There is a layer of plastic that will be peeled away.