Silhouette Cut Settings For Reflective Vinyl

Click on blade settings to find all the cut settings you need.

Silhouette cut settings for reflective vinyl.

After your design is all cut remove the excess vinyl from around your image lettering this is called weeding. For this reflective heat transfer vinyl i used the settings blade depth 2 speed 7 and force 5 which worked perfectly. Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio. Once you have arrived at the send tab this is where you can change your settings.

Weed and apply vinyl after your design has finished cutting use your weeding hook this one is my absolute favorite to remove the excess vinyl from around the design. This reflective property is what makes road signs legible after dark without the cost of electric illumination. You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio. Below you ll find cut settings for silhouette cricut and brother scan n cut.

Material choose type of material closest to the vinyl you will be using. Cut and press settings for products at products cricut setting silhouette setting brother scan cut setting etched vinyl light card stock material. White reflective for instance is only white when it s doing its thing. You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.

Apply your transfer tape this is the step that a lot of vinyl beginners are unaware of and yet probably one of the most important in. You can also find a vinyl guide and a sizing guide below. You can right click on the images to save them to your computer or you can click the pinterest button in the middle to save them for later. Vinyl matte blade 1 speed 5 force 10 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 2.

Card stock plain blade 1 speed 4 force 14 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 3 oracal 631 custom.