Cricut Settings For Cutting Iron On Vinyl

If you are ironing on to a pillow you can place a piece of a thin fabric over the vinyl.

Cricut settings for cutting iron on vinyl.

Place your iron on vinyl plastic side down on your cutting mat. Printable vinyl and sticker paper applies more like a sticker whereas you ll need a heat source like an iron cricut easypress or heat press for printable iron on vinyl as shown in this post. It should grip your cutting mat and bring it into the machine. After setting your cricut machine up to cut htv there are 2 important details to remember when cutting a heat transfer vinyl design.

Attempt cutting a different material such as printer paper using the appropriate setting for that material. Cricut explore s smart set dial is a material selection dial that offers pre defined settings to get the best results on paper vinyl iron on cardstock fabric poster board and more. And here s the vinyl side of the cricut sportflex white iron on vinyl look closely and you ll see it s ever so slightly less shiny. Cutting heat transfer vinyl on a cricut is easier than you think.

It comes in a roll measuring 12 inches tall by 24 inches wide. I often use my cricut brayer to help press my vinyl into my mat particularly if my mat is on the older side. Printable iron on is primarily used on fabric while printable vinyl sticker paper is best for smooth surfaces like glass plastic metal notebook. If using a cricut explore machine turn smart set dial to custom.

If using smart iron on with cricut joy it may be loaded into the machine without a mat. Take cricut sportflex white iron on vinyl for example which is shiny on both sides. Another popular niche in the cricut iron on game is foil htv ideal if you re looking for something a little shiny and different but don t want to go the whole hog with glitter. Place iron on sheet liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat.

Load it into the machine and cut your design. Notice how it s curled down. Learn how to cut heat transfer vinyl on a cricut with this step by step photo tutorial with a video to show you how to navigate cricut design space so you can easily get started cutting iron on with your cricut machine. You may need to increase the pressure settings 2 3 times by increments of 2 4 to see a change in the cut result.

Adjust settings to cut iron on vinyl. Place your vinyl vinyl side down onto the preheated area and flip over your shirt. Click the view all in the right top ish corner of. Select everyday iron on from the list of materials.

Iron over the back of the shirt or fabric for about 20 25 seconds. If you have a cricut explore set the dial to cut iron on material. Here s a closer look at the carrier side of the cricut sportflex white iron on vinyl. Cricut foil iron on vinyl is available in 12 different colors and can be used with all cricut cutters.

Prepare to cut your design. First turn the mirror on. If not it may be an issue with the original material you are attempting to cut. Your iron should be on the cotton linen setting.

The smart set dial eliminates the need to make manual pressure depth and speed adjustments.