Reverse Weeding Vinyl Small Letters

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Reverse weeding vinyl small letters.

If i were to weed it the normal way i would likely ruin it. It s where you apply transfer tape across the whole unweeded decal and then weed the excess vinyl away from the transfer tape instead of the carrier sheet. Reverse weeding is a new trick. The letters are so small that they would lift up along with the excess vinyl.

I ll go over how to find easy fonts to weed as well as tips for working with tricky scripts or small lettering words. Using a weeding tool pull out the tiny insides of any of the letters that came with it onto the transfer tape. Then as you peel up the transfer tape the tiny letters will stick and will be weeded for you. Reverse weeding vinyl is so much easier to do than the regular way most people week with their cricut or silhouette machines.

In this article i ll cover what weeding vinyl is and give you the very basics of how to weed vinyl effectively so that you don t waste any material. Reverse weeding is for adhesive vinyl only. Join a crafting community through a private facebook group get access to hand drawn svgs for personal and commercial use and double entry to giveaways. In theory this is easier to weed for smaller decals than doing it the regular way.

Instead of pulling off the vinyl you don t want first apply the transfer tape directly to the unweeded is that a word vinyl. Leave it in there for about an hour or until the vinyl shrinks. This will help save time and make the weeding process of small letters easier. First cut and apply some transfer tape over top of the vinyl.

Check out the extended post for step by step details. A fourth tip for weeding small letters is to put the vinyl in the freezer after you have cut the vinyl. Next turn it over and peel away the vinyl backing paper.