Double Cutting Vinyl
Because it s relatively thin lay flat vinyl can be cut in a single pass with a straight concave or hook blade.
Double cutting vinyl. Boggus pads are from steve boggus with the wallpaper installer association. How to use heat transfer vinyl with a cricut machine. You can use the straight blade for general cutting. Using a boggus pad we are making a vm double cut on commercial wallpaper.
Hawaiian winter by nicolai heidlas. This tutorial will show you how to cut heat transfer vinyl using a cricut maker and cricut design space the free online design software that comes with all. Like i mentioned i was cutting printable vinyl which is already thicker than regular adhesive vinyl and i had added a laminate so the vinyl was much thicker than regular adhesive vinyl. When cutting along the straight edge with your razor keep the razor in the seam during the entire cut.
The most common tool used for cutting is the utility knife. Watch bridget show you how to double cut a smartstick wallpaper mural. If you want to learn how to cut adhesive vinyl with your cricut machine like if you want to make wall decals or customized tumblers check out my other tutorial. This will help keep the seam smooth and look like a professional installed your mural.
Polycarbonate double cutting tape provides insurance that there will be no seam splits when hanging over poorly painted surfaces or areas of hot mud patching compounds. It can be used as a cutting underlayment for fabric backed vinyl paper backed vinyl or even high shrink pulp paper grasscloths and unbacked fabric. First when would you want to double cut. Here s an in depth video on how to make multi color vinyl decals.
This video is a little long but i wanted to make sure i covered all the bases for you guys. Double cutting vinyl contract wallcovering duration.