Silhouette Cut Settings For Reflective Vinyl

This reflective property is what makes road signs legible after dark without the cost of electric illumination.

Silhouette cut settings for reflective vinyl. You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio. 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. Cut and press settings for products at products cricut setting silhouette setting brother scan cut setting etched vinyl light card stock material. You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.

Because of this there is sometimes a color shift that occurs when viewing reflective vinyl in different settings fig 1. This will get you to a good starting point. Click on blade settings to find all the cut settings you need. 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.

Material choose type of material closest to the vinyl you will be using. For this reflective heat transfer vinyl i used the settings blade depth 2 speed 7 and force 5 which worked perfectly. Below you ll find cut settings for silhouette cricut and brother scan n cut. After your design is all cut remove the excess vinyl from around your image lettering this is called weeding.

Vinyl matte blade 1 speed 5 force 10 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 2. 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. White reflective for instance is only white when it s doing its thing. 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.

Weed and apply vinyl after your design has finished cutting use your weeding hook this one is my absolute favorite to remove the excess vinyl from around the design.