Silhouette Cut Settings For Reflective Vinyl

Cut and press settings for products at products cricut setting silhouette setting brother scan cut setting etched vinyl light card stock material.

Silhouette cut settings for reflective vinyl.

For this reflective heat transfer vinyl i used the settings blade depth 2 speed 7 and force 5 which worked perfectly. Because of this there is sometimes a color shift that occurs when viewing reflective vinyl in different settings fig 1. Vinyl matte blade 1 speed 5 force 10 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 2. Below you ll find cut settings for silhouette cricut and brother scan n cut.

You can right click on the images to save them to your computer or you can click the pinterest button in the middle to save them for later. Click on blade settings to find all the cut settings you need. Card stock plain blade 1 speed 4 force 14 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 3 oracal 631 custom. White reflective for instance is only white when it s doing its thing.

This reflective property is what makes road signs legible after dark without the cost of electric illumination. You can also find a vinyl guide and a sizing guide below. Apply your transfer tape this is the step that a lot of vinyl beginners are unaware of and yet probably one of the most important in. You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio.

This will get you to a good starting point. After your design is all cut remove the excess vinyl from around your image lettering this is called weeding. 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. You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.

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.