Trick to picking up vinyl when it won t stick to the transfer tape wednesday august 30 2017.
Why wont my vinyl stick to the transfer tape.
My first suggestion is to reeeeeaaaallly work your scraper tool on top of the transfer paper glitter vinyl.
If you can t figure out why your heat transfer vinyl won t stick you ve landed in the right place.
You create a decal but only some of the letters stick onto the transfer tape while the rest are left behind on the backing paper.
How to get your vinyl design cutout to release from cricut transfer tape that is too sticky.
Push really hard and scrape back and forth in every direction for longer than you think you should have to.
Since the plastic is smooth and nonporous the vinyl should stick fairly easily.
I have a little trick that will help you get that vinyl off the backing sheet when it doesn t want to seem to stick to the transfer paper.
You create a decal but when you go to pick it up with the transfer tape the vinyl refuses to release from the backing paper.
Picking up glitter vinyl even with strong grip transfer tape can be a bit exasperating.
To see the too sticky fix skip to 2 38 o.
After i cut the vinyl with my cricut air 2 measure and cut the transfer tape to fit my vinyl i peel the backing off the transfer tape and stick it down onto my shag carpet.
I am trying to get some very small words to stick to very smooth plastic but the surface is so slick that the letters stay on the transfer tape.
If you re transfer tape won t pick up the vinyl off the backing sheet you re in luck.
It s maddening and it s frustrating but we can help.
I had to be careful not to remove the carpet from the floor with the super strength adhesive on the transfer tape.
I am using cricut black outdoor vinyl and cricut transfer tape.
But really it should work really nicely on plastic.
No matter what you were thinking when your vinyl was peeling we re here to tell you we ve been there.
If you are having trouble burnish again and peel even more slowly using your fingernail to help guide the vinyl off the transfer tape.
No more wasted vinyl.
Working with htv doesn t have to be a nightmare.