How to load vinyl without a mat.
Silhouette cutter vinyl side up or down when cutting.
If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt.
Then click send at the bottom of your screen to initiate the cutting process and wait as the machine slowly executes your command.
Now before you cut from your pattern you can adjust where you want your image on the mat in case you want a specific part of the pattern.
Most cutting machines will be totally fine cutting flocked vinyl.
Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.
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Now select load on your cameo 3.
When cutting htv cut shiny side down.
Place the patterned htv on the mat with pattern side up to cut yes i know i always say the side you want to see on the shirt goes down on the mat but not in this case.
Place your htv on a cutting mat with the shiny side facing down and adhesive side facing up.
I like to cut most of my vinyl without a mat because the majority of the time i am using rolls of vinyl instead of.
Load the cutting mat containing the vinyl with your design into the cameo silhouette cutting tool.
Easypatterns were designed to fit into a variety of vinyl cutters as easily as they fit into a variety of niches and trends.
Simply cut in the positive do not mirror with the pattern facing up weed away the excess from the static carrier and mask with ttd high tack and a squeegee.
Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio.
It also aids in transferring the vinyl to your project surface.
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.
After heat application the mask releases quick and easy.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
The shiny side of htv is the carrier sheet the dull side is the adhesive.
Whatever mat and machine you are using put your adhesive vinyl paper backing side down onto your mat so the colored vinyl side is facing up see image below.
The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette.
Heat transfer vinyl usually comes on a carrier sheet.
As with any new vinyl or new machine before jumping straight to your main product you should do a test.
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The machine software will help you to choose the correct cut settings.
You can get silhouette cameo cutting mats in 12 x 12 and 12 x 24.
