The first part is easy.
What to do with excess vinyl.
How to avoid wasting vinyl when weeding.
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Now the project is done and you re left with some scraps that you do not want to waste because let s face it that stuff costs a pretty penny even with the best deals read our deals.
Then use the weeding tool to remove excess vinyl and place the design on the t shirt before putting it onto the heat press machine.
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Start at a corner and slowly pull the vinyl up at an angle making sure all the parts of your design remain attached to the carrier sheet.
Weeding is where we remove all the unwanted waste vinyl from its paper backing sheet after our machine has done the cutting.
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Using a weeding tool pull the bits of extra vinyl off the carrier.
Take your time as you peel especially if the design is intricate and full of small details.
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The more intricate the design the more time and care will be needed for weeding.
Peel carefully so to not wreck the design.
For large or intricate designs it helps to work in smaller sections and cut off the excess vinyl as you go.
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Before pressing make sure you have removed all excess vinyl.
Press for the required time and let the item cool down or else the print may get damaged.
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Basically weeding just means removing any excess vinyl from around your design that you do not want to be transferred to your final product.
If your cut design is considerably smaller than the piece of vinyl you cut it from then i recommend first trimming off the extra vinyl before weeding.
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Follow these step by step instructions.
The next step would be to start taking the excess vinyl off.
To identify what has been cut the vinyl will reflect light off of it.
Carefully remove the carrier paper to reveal the design.
Depending on how large the vinyl piece is this could take a while.
Make sure you get the pieces in the design s cavities.