Use a sticky mat.
Easy way to cut vinyl letters.
Weed directly after cutting waiting too long to weed after cutting will allow the adhesive to flow back causing the design to lift with the excess vinyl.
Running a cut test ensures that the vinyl cuts thoroughly and that the decal is not attached to the excess material.
Make sure your cutting mat is pretty sticky when place the vinyl on it to cut.
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Set the knife to halfway between 0 and 1.
Open paint on your computer.
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You may want to use a weeding tool though i didn t need to for this simple design.
The shallower cut is less likely to pick up the letters.
Cut your vinyl in a size that is small enough for your printer.
Weed your cut vinyl design.
You might try any of the following tips to make weeding small letters easier.
When laying the unweeded vinyl on the table right reading start weeding from the upper right to the lower left.
Click rotate and then flip horizontally.
This way when i put the vinyl on my wood sign i don t have to worry about it being centered or worry about the paint getting anywhere other than the letters for the sign.
The easiest way to design and cut signs logos graphics lettering shapes decals and stickers.
Before starting your job perform a depth cut test.
Use a large size for the letters.
How to make these diy vinyl letter decals.
The angle of the blade goes into the vinyl at a slightly different angle than the regular silhouette ratchet blade or auto blade which again prevents the vinyl from being torn.
With your vinyl letters all cut gently remove the excess vinyl from the backing.
However 0 did not cut deep enough.
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.
This will keep the material firmly in place.
Your vinyl is cut but now you need to get it onto your board.
With the vinyl i was using setting the knife to 1 picked up a lot of letters.
Choose a font in paint and spell the text for your vinyl letter decals.
Cut some vinyl to size give yourself extra vinyl around the design and load the machine as shown in the instructable i referenced.
The letters you need will come up with the vinyl all in one piece.
Cut out your custom wood sign design.
If you have letters that are 1 2 or smaller try taping out the entire area cut.
Vinyl lettering includes lettering numbering or shapes that are individually cut out from a sheet of solid colored 2 mil vinyl and then pre spaced and placed onto pre masked transfer tape the number of transfer tape sheets used will depend on the size of your vinyl lettering and amount of colors used.
To do this first apply transfer tape or a transfer sheet over the designs.
