Is The Cricut Vinyl Shiny Side Down

Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.

Is the cricut vinyl shiny side down.

If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. Mirror the image in the design program before cutting otherwise when you flip the vinyl the cut will be backwards. Then position it plastic side down and vinyl side up the more dull less shiny side. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.

Use a craft stick or scraper found in the cricut tool kit to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl. Preparation with cricut transfer tape. Press flashing go button. Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.

The iron on vinyl is put onto the roll carrier side out which means the side that curls down is the carrier side and the side that curls up is the vinyl side in the end if you re faced with two shiny sides the same color the slightly less shiny side is going to be the vinyl side. Also it is why you put the shiny side down when you cut cricut iron on vinyl. You want to cut through the vinyl but not through the carrier sheet. There is a layer of plastic that will be peeled away.

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. To prevent bubbles start in the center and move out toward the edges. Perform test cuts to get your settings correct and remember to reverse your image on your computer before cutting htv. It s the shinny side.

There is no transfer tape required with cricut iron on vinyl because it is already hooked onto the vinyl. The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette. So again that s shiny side down. The vinyl side goes face up.

Put the iron on vinyl shiny side down on the mat so you re cutting the back of the vinyl and not the carrier sheet. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear. The shiny side goes down when your cutting.

Cut on iron on vinyl setting. Here is another example shinny carrier side hard to pick through the vinyl side.