What Mat To Use Wit Vinyl

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.

What mat to use wit vinyl.

In this case i am using a piece that is 12 x 24 along with a 12 x 12 mat. How to put adhesive vinyl on the mat. With minimum adhesive this mat is perfect for lighter weight materials or materials that have a high chance of ripping when being pulled from adhesive. Regular vinyl removable or permanent blue mat lightgrip cutting mat.

The blue mat or the lightgrip cutting mat is probably the mat that i reach for the least. The new pink mats are also great for fabric and leather but we won t need those in the vinyl world. I use a green mat pretty much all the time with vinyl. 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.

Use a craft stick or a cricut scraper to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl. To prevent bubbles start in the center and move out toward the edges. If the vinyl does not separate from the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl and peel away again. 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.

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. Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle. You will want to put the vinyl face up on your mat and press it down well.