Which Side Is The Liner On Cricut Vinyl

Preparation with cricut transfer tape.

Which side is the liner on cricut vinyl.

Press flashing go button. Can someone please tell me if its the shiny clear or the dull side that should be facing the mat. So again that s shiny side down. Use a craft stick or scraper found in the cricut tool kit to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl.

Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. Here s the two sides of cricut everyday iron on vinyl here is the carrier side of the iron on vinyl which you can see is shiny. You can tell iron on vinyl from regular vinyl by the front liner. Peel back the sticky transfer tape from the liner sheet.

Cricut vinyl instructions say place material liner side down on to mat. In the photo below you can see the liner peeling away from the iron on design. Iron on vinyl has a shiny side and a dull side. The shiny side is the liner and the dull side is the heat activated side that you will adhere to an object.

I don t know which side is the liner. If the vinyl does not separate from the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl and peel away again. Cut on iron on vinyl setting. Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle.

Sometimes that sheet has a grid on it to make it easy to cut straight. And here is the vinyl side which you can see is matte not shiny. There is a layer of plastic that will be peeled away. The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette.

Place the iron on vinyl on the cricut standard grip cutting mat liner side down. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. The liner side should be the one placed down on the mat. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.

Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear. You can see the vinyl side up in this photo of heat transfer vinyl on a standard grip cutting mat. It s usually the shiniest side and you use a very sticky mat. Then position it plastic side down and vinyl side up the more dull less shiny side.

The printable vinyl i have used didn t have issues sticking to the mat. It does say to mirror the image. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. How to use adhesive vinyl with a cricut.

So in the above case you d want to put that iron on vinyl shiny side down on your cutting mat to cut out your mirrored design. It s the shinny side. To prevent bubbles start in the center and move out toward the edges. If you get nothing on the page then you know that is not printable side and that is the side that goes down on the mat.

Generally adhesive vinyl has the colorful vinyl on one side and is backed by a paper carrier sheet that is most often white. Whatever mat and machine you are using put your adhesive vinyl paper backing side down onto your mat so the colored vinyl side is facing up see image below.