Silhouette Cut Settings For Reflective Vinyl

After your design is all cut remove the excess vinyl from around your image lettering this is called weeding.

Silhouette cut settings for reflective vinyl. Vinyl matte blade 1 speed 5 force 10 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 2. Below you ll find cut settings for silhouette cricut and brother scan n cut. Material choose type of material closest to the vinyl you will be using. You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio.

Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio. White reflective for instance is only white when it s doing its thing. You can also find a vinyl guide and a sizing guide below. Because of this there is sometimes a color shift that occurs when viewing reflective vinyl in different settings fig 1.

Click on blade settings to find all the cut settings you need. Cut and press settings for products at products cricut setting silhouette setting brother scan cut setting etched vinyl light card stock material. For this reflective heat transfer vinyl i used the settings blade depth 2 speed 7 and force 5 which worked perfectly. You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.

Apply your transfer tape this is the step that a lot of vinyl beginners are unaware of and yet probably one of the most important in. Card stock plain blade 1 speed 4 force 14 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 3 oracal 631 custom. Once you have arrived at the send tab this is where you can change your settings. If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt.

Weed and apply vinyl after your design has finished cutting use your weeding hook this one is my absolute favorite to remove the excess vinyl from around the design.