Cricut Glitter Vinyl Will Not Stick To Transfer Tape

Glitter vinyl is a challenge to work with.

Cricut glitter vinyl will not stick to transfer tape.

Stronggrip transfer tape is too strong for use with other vinyl types. Contact paper works awesome with stencil vinyl but not so well with cricut glitter vinyl. You create a decal but only some of the letters stick onto the transfer tape while the rest are left behind on the backing paper. Video tips for home decor.

The strong hold transfer tape ruined my stencil vinyl project i didn t even take the chance on the regular hold transfer tape. Glitter vinyl rolls include a sheet of stronggrip. You create a decal but when you go to pick it up with the transfer tape the vinyl refuses to release from the backing paper. They just won t seem to stick at all.

Okay i must be doing something wrong. Both types of transfer tape will work with textured metallic vinyl. Contact paper is also way less expensive than cricut transfer tape. Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle.

Use a craft stick or scraper found in the cricut tool kit to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl. If the vinyl does not separate from the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl and peel away again. This is exactly what was happening when i was trying to pick up the glitter vinyl circle that i quickly cut for my pop socket. For vinyl that has a textured finish such as glitter vinyl shimmer vinyl and true brushed vinyl.

I m finding that either the vinyl doesn t stick to the transfer tape at all or it sticks too well and takes some of the white vinyl backing with it. Glitter vinyl seems to have more problems being picked up than regular adhesive vinyl. Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle. This video will show a tip on how to get.

Use a craft stick or the scraper found in the cricut basic tool set to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl. Sometimes no matter how much your burnish the vinyl through the transfer tape it just won t seem to leave the backing. I actually have a cameo but i am using cricut glitter vinyl and the transfer tape that comes with it. Sometimes for reasons unknown the vinyl does not want to lift up with the transfer paper.