Cutting Color Layers Of Vinyl

Press each color of the design for 1 second to tack and then press all layers at the end for a full 10 seconds peel hot or cold and carefully remove the carrier sheet to make sure the vinyl is well adhered to the garment how to make multi color vinyl decals so that s how to make a multi colored vinyl decal with cricut design space.

Cutting color layers of vinyl.

Load these mats into your cricut cutting out each individual layer of color. If you have a second or third color to cut gently peel the vinyl off the cutting mat then place the next color of vinyl onto the mat. Cut out each layer of vinyl separately along with the registration marks for each layer. Place a piece of transfer tape over the top layer and adhere the top layer to the transfer tape.

Finally line up the registration marks exactly to attach the top layer to the bottom layer. The easiest way to cut multiple colors of vinyl with the silhouette is to use the cut by fill function. To use this function first fill each portion of your design with the color vinyl that is corresponds to. Send the design to your cricut cutting machine to be cut load each individual color that you are using onto its own cricut mat.

Make a copy for each colored layer. How to layer vinyl faqs. If you re layering vinyl on top of each other i would probably stop at 3 maybe 4 colors. How many layers of vinyl can you layer.

To ungroup the design select the modify tool and then click release. Load the cutting mat into the machine by pressing the load unload button then press the go button when it starts flashing. This video is a little long but i wanted to make sure i covered all the bases for you guys. Go through and weed out each color layer of vinyl.

Using a weeding hook remove the excess vinyl for each layer leaving the triangle and your design. You may have to ungroup your design to do this. Repeat until all mats have been cut. Here s an in depth video on how to make multi color vinyl decals.

Cut your vinyl connect your machine select your material load the mat and cut.