Silhouette Cut Settings For Reflective Vinyl

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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. White reflective for instance is only white when it s doing its thing. 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. Cut and press settings for products at products cricut setting silhouette setting brother scan cut setting etched vinyl light card stock material.

Vinyl matte blade 1 speed 5 force 10 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 2. Click on blade settings to find all the cut settings you need. You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials. 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.

Once you have arrived at the send tab this is where you can change your settings. Card stock plain blade 1 speed 4 force 14 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 3 oracal 631 custom. Because of this there is sometimes a color shift that occurs when viewing reflective vinyl in different settings fig 1. 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.

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. For this reflective heat transfer vinyl i used the settings blade depth 2 speed 7 and force 5 which worked perfectly. 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.

This reflective property is what makes road signs legible after dark without the cost of electric illumination.