Cricut Not Cutting Through Iron On Vinyl

Preparation with cricut transfer tape.

Cricut not cutting through iron on vinyl. Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear. There s just a lot to think through as you re cutting this vinyl so trust the process and remember the rules. Check your packaging you need to use the premium fine point german carbide blade with the cricut explore and cricut maker. There is a setting under iron on called heat transfer non cricut don t use it.

Also it is why you put the shiny side down when you cut cricut iron on vinyl. A kiss cut is a cut that only goes through the vinyl and. Use a kiss cut when cutting vinyl. That means you are putting the shiny transfer tape on the sticky mat surface.

Applies to cricut personal cricut create cricut cake cricut cake mini cricut expression cricut expression 2 cricut imagine. It cuts too deep and will cut your carrier sheet. Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. Select and size images.

Refer to holographic vinyl custom cut guide table below to adjust machine settings. If your problem is not that your blade isn t cutting all the way through but rather that it s cutting too much it may be that you re using the wrong blade. Use the everyday iron on setting under the iron on category. If you have tried everything above and your cutting issue is still not resolved contact cricut support.

Cricut machine does not cut through my material if your cricut explore or cricut maker machine is not cutting all the way through your material or is only scoring the material this issue can usually be resolved with some basic troubleshooting. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat. The cricut explore series of die cutting machines explore explore one air air 2 and maker all come with a german carbide blade. Cutting holographic vinyl with a cricut machine.

If your cricut machine is not cutting all the way through your material or is only scoring the material this issue can usually be resolved with some basic troubleshooting. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Press flashing go button. Cricut sells a standard blade that comes with a grey rubber cover and newer blades have a white rubber cover also called a fine point blade.

This blade is perfect for cutting materials such as paper cardstock oracal 651 vinyl etc. I m not sure what material it would cut well but it will cut too deeply for most brands of heat transfer vinyl. You may want to do a test cut first to determine which setting is best for you and your machine. I often use a setting between iron on and vinyl when cutting all the way through.

If you are using cricut printable iron on you ll want to create a kiss cut and use the custom setting for cricut iron on. If you manage to get the thin fonts or smaller script words to cut correctly try reverse weeding to make it easier to transfer if you are using vinyl. Load mat into your machine.