Reverse Weeding Vinyl

For super small areas like pens or pencils i have found that the easiest way to work with the tiny cuts of adhesive vinyl is a technique called reverse.

Reverse weeding vinyl.

Check out the extended post for step by step details. Reverse weeding is for adhesive vinyl only. If you want to see how exactly step by step to reverse weed check this video out. Peel off the backer sheet and adhere your design to your project.

Reverse weeding vinyl is when you weed away the excess vinyl from the transfer tape rather than the backing paper which is the usual way. Reverse weeding adhesive vinyl. I then removed the vinyl backing. In theory this is easier to weed for smaller decals than doing it the regular way.

Put transfer tape on top your design. Let us know your favorite in the comments below. So to reverse weed i placed my transfer tape over the entire unweeded design burnished it really well and flipped it over so it was upside down. I hope you learned something new today.

I don t dread weeding anymore instead it s quick and easy and actually even kind of fun. I know that these vinyl weeding hacks have really changed my crafting game. In this video i show you the reverse weeding technique which is especially great when doing vinyl in small or thin fonts. Remove the transfer tape and weed out the design.

Reverse weeding is the process of applying an application tape or transfer mask on top of cut vinyl with a squeegee so you can separate the vinyl from it s backing and weed off of the sticky tape or mask. This is the perfect method of weeding adhesive vinyl when you have small details and don t want to miss any of them. School is right around the corner and one of the best parts of beginning a new year is labeling all the fun supplies with my cutting machine. It s where you apply transfer tape across the whole unweeded decal and then weed the excess vinyl away from the transfer tape instead of the carrier sheet.

The transfer tape is applied to the decal before weeding the backing paper removed and then the excess vinyl is pulled away from the transfer tape. Vinyl i use matte aka removeable vinyl from expressions vinyl. Cut settings in cricut design space. How to reverse weeding vinyl.