Which Side To Cut Vinyl

Basically vinyl material is roll fed into a vinyl cutter and hangs off the back side of the cutter on rollers or on a roller bar.

Which side to cut vinyl.

But remember that your vinyl is mirrored and will be applied face up onto your final surface so when you look at the vinyl side you are seeing the bottom of the vinyl the part that is going to stick and melt into your surface. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. Remember we are cutting on back side of the vinyl where the heat sensitive adhesive is. For my craft queen shirt i used a smooth gold htv.

Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings. This side will be more matte. The glossy side of the vinyl is the side with the clear plastic backing. Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.

For my decal i decided to use expressions vinyl series 31 removable vinyl in bright berry. Then load the mat into your cricut machine by pressing the flashing load unload button. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat.

This is confusing i know. Once the mat is loaded the screen will tell you to press the flashing go button. Sometimes that sheet has a grid on it to make it easy to cut straight. Whatever mat and machine you are using put your adhesive vinyl paper backing side down onto your mat so the colored vinyl side is facing up see image below.

Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat. This white side is the vinyl side so you want this side up on your cutting mat. Generally adhesive vinyl has the colorful vinyl on one side and is backed by a paper carrier sheet that is most often white.