Weeding Vinyl With Tape

For this method you d want to place the transfer tape over your entire design and then pull the paper backing off the vinyl.

Weeding vinyl with tape.

Cut weed and apply the vinyl weed the vinyl. After the design is weeded it is time to apply the transfer tape. Next carefully peel the tape off the vinyl backing sheet. The parts that the machine has cut are easier to come up.

Some people remove the outer piece of vinyl then transfer the design and weed all the details on top of the sticky transfer tape. Your vinyl is not weeding correctly. This prevents air pockets that can distort the design. Using your weeding tool grab the thin layer of backing like you are weeding a normal design and the backing will come right off.

In theory this is easier to weed for smaller decals than doing it the regular way. When using removable adhesive vinyl you can save the small details for after you have completely transferred your piece. After the design is cut it is time to weed the vinyl. Reverse weeding is for adhesive vinyl only.

For adhesive vinyl you can weed directly on the transfer tape. Once you get your vinyl on your transfer tape flip it over and weed off the backing paper. Some people prefer to add a weeding box. After you ve smoothed out the tape use a straightedge to firmly press out all the bubbles and creases and bond the application tape to your vinyl.

If you try to use tape on regular adhesive vinyl the whole thing does come up. I have only found it to work on heat transfer vinyl that you apply to fabric. Check out the extended post for step by step details. Your design should be safely attached and ready for transfer to the receiving surface.

Once your application tape covers the vinyl smooth the surface with long slow sweeps using a squeegee or a credit card. Weeding off the transfer tape helps the little parts to stay in place because they re stuck to the transfer tape rather than sliding around the vinyl s paper backing. The heat transfer vinyl is stuck down onto a paper and it takes some effort to get it off. It is an easy fix for a few stubborn pieces of backing paper attached to your vinyl.