Cricut Vinyl Transfer To Car

Now new and improved our tape holds better during transfer and peels away cleanly once your design is in place.

Cricut vinyl transfer to car. Vinyl cut weeded and ready to transfer. Now it s time to apply your vinyl car decal to your vehicle. Peel liner from transfer tape. Secondly you will need vinyl transfer tape.

How to make a vinyl car decal with the cricut maker. The tape will allow you to transfer the vinyl safely to the car without distorting the image. I know that regular vinyl can leave a lot of adhesive on the car over time. Vinyl made for use as car decals has adhesive that will not damage the paint on a car.

After cutting this vinyl decal with the cri. The clear film with grid makes it simple to position your design right where you want it. This can either be the center or one end of your design. With everything set take your transfer tape and place it on top of the vinyl.

Make sure that you have a clean and dry surface. It is best to go slow at this stage as it is very easy to mess up if you force it. The downside to cricut vinyl is that it only comes with a maximum width of 12 inches. Attach a small area of transfer tape to your design.

We ve all seen a car driving around with the remains of a tattered vinyl sticker on it and a big brown blotch where the sticker has deteriorated but the adhesive was still there. The vinyl did great. I added this to my tests as more of a baseline. The one on the left was outdoors and the one on the right was left indoors.

Once you ve weeded your design apply transfer tape to the top of your vinyl car decal and use the scraper to make sure everything is sticking in place as it should be. Cricut transfer paper was specifically designed to make transferring vinyl designs to project surfaces a cinch. To apply the decal slowly peel off the vinyl paper making sure the design is intact. Transfer tape or stronggrip transfer tape see table above to choose the right one for your vinyl type scraper or other burnishing tool.

If you want a decal wider than that we recommend you go with the oracal or siser vinyl. Cutting vinyl with the cricut explore is very easy but weeding it and applying it to a surface can be confusing.