Weeding Vinyl Lines

A vinyl cutter cuts along the lines of the design but it doesn t remove the extra vinyl.

Weeding vinyl lines.

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When i got my cricut brightpad i was able to use all those fun pretty vinyls again because the brightpad lit up the cut lines. Weeding is the process of removing all the extra vinyl from around the image you have cut before applying it to the finished project. To use the weeding feature select the object you want to add a weeding border and lines to and then choose weeding from under the effects menu. Like weeding lines you can add a weeding box in the design stage by simply placing a square border close.

In this video i show you the reverse weeding technique which is especially great when doing vinyl in small or thin fonts. Siser easyweed is super easy to weed actually easier than adhesive vinyl. Cut a box around each word or letter so that you can work on pulling up one section of vinyl at a time. Weeding border lines.

As we all know weeding is the term we use to describe the process of removing the vinyl we don t want to use. The space between the weeding lines will come up as sections of horizontal vinyl rather than one large piece of vinyl that would otherwise be going around your entire design and is much more challenging to weed. Weeding vinyl is pretty straight forward but weeding lines and intricate cuts with adhesive vinyl can be troublesome. The pro version of sure cuts a lot has a feature to add a weeding border and lines to help remove the excess vinyl from in between and around your design.

Some people excel at weeding letters others can t stand the job. When you place a cut vinyl design upon the brightpad or other lightpad for weeding vinyl you are instantly able to see all the cut lines. Those vinyls are gorgeous but it is impossible to see the cut lines. Weeding small letters is difficult.

Use a weeding box. It s also super helpful if you re using a skinny script font. The design is made much more visible and it becomes easy to distinguish the area that needs weeded out. The thicker the vinyl you are working with is the more the lightpad will help you.

Or after your design is machine cut you can take an x acto knife and hand cut weeding lines around your lettering. Cut settings in cricut design space. I wasn t tearing my vinyl anymore. You can see that now you have weeding lines in all of your excess negative area but not through your design.