In today s blog post we ll be talking about how to use a cutting mat to cut heat transfer vinyl in a silhouette cameo.
What heat vinyl do you use for a cameo 3.
This vinyl is safe for painted surfaces and will stick to decor nicely.
If you want to make some awesome designs by cutting heat transfer vinyl with silhouette cameo go ahead.
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Between the numbers the finishes and the adhesive types it can be super confusing and overwhelming to figure out the best type of vinyl for your silhouette cameo projects.
It s incredibly versatile it comes in tons of colors and you can find it in smooth flocked or glittery.
Youc an use a heat press or an iron although a heat press is highly recommended if you re doing a lot of htv projects or selling at all.
Most basically a cutting mat is a lined piece of plastic that has one sticky side.
This applies to other cutting machines too so don t worry if you don t have a cameo.
7 we highly recommend doing a test cut before cutting your actual design.
Vinyl silhouette brand i choose this for regular vinyl including 631 651 silhouette brand and cricut brand glitter patterned and other similar.
From designing to cutting to applying.
Oracal 631 this strength of vinyl is common for indoor use.
This will get you to a good starting point.
This vinyl does not do well if it gets wet.
The cameo 3 which is the newest can cut most vinyl paper and standard fabric just fine.
When you start cutting select the default.
I ll be using a silhouette cameo 3 any machine will work.
To do a test cut simply click on test in the lower right hand corner.
I have an easy tutorial on how to use heat transfer vinyl htv.
Looking for heat transfer vinyl for shirts or adhesive vinyl for mugs windows and more that can be cut in your silhouette cameo circuit explore or brother scan n cut.
I have a step by step tutorial on how to make a custom t shirt.
The point of the sticky side is to let you stick your.
You can remove this vinyl if issues arise fairly easily.
You will also want to click on cut as outlined in red.
This post was last updated on august 25 2018.
In this case you will want to use the smooth heat transfer material setting your blade at 3 a speed of 8 and a force of 6.
I ll cover the best heat transfer vinyl to use for shirts and how to make your own transfer.
If all the options for vinyl have you confused on what to use when and where and on what let s just get to the bottom of it today.
This vinyl is known as short term up to 3 years.
It s worth the investment.
The software is easy to use and the basic version is free.
Glow in the dark vinyl use for glow in the dark vinyl.
Heat transfer vinyl is probably my favorite material to use with my silhouette cameo.