So if you ever find yourself flipping a piece of htv over from side to side wondering which way to put it on the mat here s a simple trick to figure it out.
What side do i put glitter vinyl.
The clear carrier sheet is the shiny side.
Select and size the image s you want to cut.
Select images and size and load the mat into your machine.
Be sure to mirror all images prior to.
But sometimes you can t tell.
For my decal i decided to use expressions vinyl series 31 removable vinyl in bright berry.
The reason i wanted a cricut in the first place learning how to cut glitter vinyl.
The carrier side goes face down because we need it to stay intact for heat application so we cut through the duller adhesive side of the material.
Cutting glitter vinyl with a cricut machine.
Get through a corner of your htv like the picture above.
The carrier holds the heat transfer vinyl pieces in place so they re always properly aligned.
Place iron on sheet shiny liner side down onto standardgrip mat.
Now here is how to tell the 2 sides apart.
The shiny side goes down when your cutting.
Adjust your machine settings according to the iron on kiss cut guide below a kiss cut goes through the iron on film and leaves the liner intact.
With regular htv it s usually really obvious which side is the vinyl and which side is the carrier sheet.
Cutting glitter iron on with a cricut machine.
On the cricut explore set the dial to custom.
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.
Cutting glitter vinyl or any vinyl for that matter gives me the ability to make new pillow covers wine glasses window clings curtains.
The iron on vinyl is put onto the roll carrier side out which means the side that curls down is the carrier side and the side that curls up is the vinyl side.
The vinyl side goes face up.
Glitter heat transfer vinyl siser glitter htv is a bit thicker so you have to use a custom setting to cut it.
Place vinyl liner side down onto lightgrip mat.
Pick a side of the sheet that you suspect might be the cut side e g the white side of the sheet of red htv.
Regular heat transfer vinyl regular siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl htv can be cut using the iron on setting on the dial of the cricut explore.
The shiny side of the material is the clear carrier.
If you can get your tool under a layer of vinyl and pull it back then that s the side you should be cutting.
Take your weeding tool and scrape dig in the corner of the sheet.
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.
In the end if you re faced with two shiny sides the same color the slightly less shiny side is going to be the vinyl side.
Here is the same htv dull side it is easier to weed through the corner.
Shiny carrier sheet dull vinyl.
I still can t tell which side i cut iron on vinyl on.
