Cutting Vinyl On Cricut Settings

How to cut heat transfer vinyl on a cricut.

Cutting vinyl on cricut settings.

Press flashing go button. Click make it in the upper right hand corner. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. If you select the cricut maker to cut your iron on heat transfer vinyl you ll be prompted to set your material.

The maximum thickness can also vary with the rigidity of the cutting material. The half step settings between fabric and custom circled in the image above perform a 2x multi cut which means the machine will cut twice in the same spot. Size your design in cricut design space accordingly. Refer to kiss cut guide table below to adjust machine settings.

This will get you to a good starting point. You can use a design from cricut access or make it projects or your own design. Material choose type of material closest to the vinyl you will be using. Remove the negative pieces from each of the images using the weeder found in the cricut tool kit leaving the liner intact.

Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat. You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials. Preparation with cricut transfer tape. Preparation with cricut transfer tape.

Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat. When i selected the. You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio.

I selected iron on but there are options for glitter iron on foil iron on patterned iron on etc. Stick a piece of vinyl to your cutting mat making sure the paper backing side is down. Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear liner intact. To enable fast mode with cricut explore air 2 use the dial settings highlighted in green in the image above vinyl to cardstock.

Once you have arrived at the send tab this is where you can change your settings. Open cricut design space and decide on a design to cut on your cricut machine. For this i used the cricut maker but the cricut explore air 2 also does a great job of cutting iron on vinyl. Set the smart dial on your machine to vinyl or if you have an older machine without a smart dial check out cricut s cut settings guide for vinyl.

Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.