Vinyl Cut Through

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Vinyl cut through.

When cutting adhesive vinyl or heat transfer vinyl a kiss cut is used to cut the vinyl but leave the carrier sheet or backing intact. Cutting glitter vinyl with a cricut machine. If your cricut cuts through the backing there are usually one of two possible issues. Place vinyl liner side down onto lightgrip mat.

When you start cutting select the default material that is closest to the material you are using. Open the manage custom materials page through the account menu and increase the pressure for your material setting by 2 4 then perform a test cut. This tutorial will show you how to cut vinyl using cricut design space which is the cricut design software used for all newer cricut models cricut explore explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker if you have an older cricut machine that uses cricut craft room the software looks different from design space but the basics are the same. There are times though that it might cut too deep cutting through the paper behind the vinyl or too shallow not cutting all the way through the material in some or all places.

You may need to increase the pressure settings 2 3 times by increments of 2 4 to see a change in the cut result. Refer to glitter vinyl kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings a kiss cut goes through the vinyl film and leaves the liner intact.