Cricut Vinyl Not Sticking To Transfer Tape

You create a decal but only some of the letters stick onto the transfer tape while the rest are left behind on the backing paper.

Cricut vinyl not sticking to transfer tape.

A craft stick butter knife or the scraper from the cricut tool kit can be used to do this. There can be a few reasons for why your vinyl isn t sticking to the transfer tape. Glitter vinyl seems to have more problems being picked up than regular adhesive vinyl. How to get your vinyl design cutout to release from cricut transfer tape that is too sticky.

Peel vinyl liner away from transfer tape and design. Apply to project surface. Use rubbing alcohol to clean plastic and glass surfaces. The vinyl is old poor quality vinyl oracal vinyl is recommended poor quality or low tack transfer tape here s the transfer tape i recommend too much pressure thickness when cutting the vinyl which pushes it into the backing.

Your vinyl is not sticking to your transfer tape scenario 1. Make sure project surface is clean and dry. If vinyl doesn t separate from the liner simply burnish liner back onto the vinyl and peel away again. If the vinyl sticks to the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl again and then continue to peel the vinyl away.

To see the too sticky fix skip to 2 38 o. Burnish rub the tape onto the vinyl. Peel the vinyl away from the liner at a 45 degree angle. No more wasted vinyl.