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  1. 3 hours ago, bikemike said:

    top layer is usually the smallest. Make sure the masking is big enough for the bottom layer. Takes a bit of getting used to.

     

    doing my Flag it would all be the same cause it has to overlap everything so still not 100 sure how i would do it. cause 3 layers and well if i layed the top layer on top of the tranfer paper for the middle layer that wouldn't work

    Someone PM me asking about my Clear tranfer paper saying it not real Tranfer tape cause it has a backing. so is the kind w.o a backing better?

    this is just what i replied to them

    this is where i got it from on the back of it i see oratape Application tape MT80P just from looking around watching youtube videos some of the clear tape does have a backing like mine and some is just stuck to itself. but the person on  ebay bebarswilson  I will never buy from again cause there other name is Swing Design  witch is what they sell under through Walmart.com but they take forever to ship. Uscutter is lot faster.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Oracal-Clear-Transfer-Tape-Roll-12-Inch-x-10-Feet/322575151305?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649


  2. 3 hours ago, bikemike said:

    It better pull up with the masking. Top layer first, the transfer tape holds it all together. If you try to do it bas akwards, it ain't going to work.

    okay, I will try it next time, Thanks. as you know im new and still learning proper way to do this stuff

     


  3. I am loving my 28" cuts 24" SC2 its on sale right now for $299.99 i would not hesitate to buy it again.

    if your cutting very long stuff over say 2 foot long its a lil annoying to get the vinyl in it so you can feed it straight but a lil playing it can be done. I have cut up to 80 inches long 24 inches wide.

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  4. 3 hours ago, mb20music said:

    When layering, clear tape makes it a lot easier if you ask me!

     

     

    Thanks for the video. I seen it way before i got my cutter but had forgot how he layed the different ones. that might help me if the vinyl wouldn't peal up with the transfer tape. My transfer tape has a backing the clear does wonder if that makes it more sticky i got it off ebay just to try clear

    BTW all my vinyl is Oracal 631/651 /751 these two things were using 651


  5. 3 hours ago, darcshadow said:

    So the vinyl is not sticking to the other vinyl? That seems odd, from what I've found, there is nothing vinyl sticks to better than other vinyl. What type of vinyls are you using?

    Well the first project i was doing was a foot print and the 2nd layer of vinyl was to go inside the first layer. i weeded out where the 2nd layer was going to go. Hope that makes sense. and when i went to pull the backing up from laying it. the first layer of vinyl was peeling up with my tape.

    here it is, the black outside edges were pulling up from me laying the red on it. I tried to trim around the red so it wouldn't over lay the black but it still kept wanting to pull it up

     

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  6. 3 hours ago, mb20music said:

    When layering, clear tape it a lot easier if you ask me!

    yeah i got the clear manily for doing multiple layers cause you can see through it you can't see through the tape I have at least

     

    3 hours ago, Wildgoose said:

    Clear tape is sucky. Most pro's use paper tape. I agree with darcshadow, if you are finding you are lifting already applied layers back off the final substrate then you have something else going wrong. 

    Just what  already said reason im using clear

    5 hours ago, darcshadow said:

    You want to do it in reverse order. Say your layers are red on the bottom, white in the middle, blue on top, you tape the blue with enough extra that it will cover both the white and red layers. You then put the blue on the white, then peal the backing off and put the blue and white onto the red. Then when ready to apply just peal the backing off and apply.

    Although as I type this I realize you may be apply to the substrate directly, which is the better way to layer. If that is the case and your tape is pulling the vinyl back off of the substrate you have a problem with the lower layers. You shouldn't be able to pull vinyl off a substrate that easily.

    I can try that , it might work.. The layer i put on top is just pealing off the vinyl im laying it on top of. but its not on anything (car,glass wall, ) its just on the backing it was cut on.


  7. Okay ive messed up vinyl trying to do layers my clear tape is so strong it pulls up the bottom image or anything it touches i guess i need low tape transfer tape please help i don't want to keep messing up vinyl was trying to do a Flag. so its 3 colors and the 2nd layer pulled up the first. so bad i just threw it away

     

     


  8. 5 hours ago, hzurell said:

    Awesome thanks so much. I will try that software to see if that does anything. I went on the to the Seiki forums and seems this is a common problem with their plotter going back 8 years. I have a feeling I will have to replace it but first I will see if I can fix it. I wanted to get into vinyl cutting and found a package on ebay last year that had the plotter and a 5 in 1 heat press, not 8 in 1 like I previously said. It seemed like a good deal at the time. Live and learn. The cricut is great for my small projects like decals, mugs, shirts but I need the plotter for my big projects for sure like the signs, walls decals and vehicle signage I am getting into now. I am so thankful I found this forum. All of you have been fantastic, and i will be sure to ask for advice if I do buy a new one. 

    As others warned me most of those deals are to make you think your getting a deal but there selling you lot of crap.. i decided just to buy my machine then other things later. I was lucky and already had a heat press to use of my fathers. but i do want to get a bigger one when I can.

     

    Good luck maybe you can figure it out

     


  9. At first i thought about wanting to take my cutter with me.. and Honestly If i ever get the enclosed trailer I wanted I guess I could, but i think just handing out business cards when im mobile and just cutting at home is best for me at least. If your never home for you that will be best im sure.

    For me to think about having to carry all the different colors, tape, tools needed, a laptop.. yeah i stay at home for now

     

     

     


  10. On 3/10/2018 at 8:16 PM, VinylMaster said:

    If you trace an object like this it will have an inside path and an outside path since it is a pen or a stroke. To have a single curve, select the object and from the Curve (menu) click Break Apart and then delete the path you do not wish to keep and you will be left with either inside or outside curve (path).

    Thanks, I tried that and it didn't quite work right, should you be in nodes mode when you do that? We got that part of the truck finished well one side. got to do the other. i just weeded out what i didn't need 2 lines of.

     


  11. 3 hours ago, Rowdy said:

    mine came with the basic Vinyl master, so its just basic, i've glanced at Corel and Vector?   would like to have different availables such as pinstripes and so on

     

    My Sc2 also came with Vinylmaster Cut V4.0 I didn't like it at first but i like it now, i can do most anything I need with it but i also have the basic Sure cuts a lot 4 to do other things and I have inkscape also to do other things that either of those be able to do.


  12. Don't think anyone's figured it out 100%  i did a fast google and seems a few have looked for it this was someones suggestions for a guy

    FlatIron, Betique-Bold and Monolith Bold

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  13. On 3/11/2018 at 8:46 PM, hzurell said:

    The sample I posted above was just a sample text (it says "Interstellar") in algerian font. I was just trying to cut something that I could post on the forum to get some feedback on. The same thing has happened on the test from the machine where is cuts a triangle. I put that software on almost a year ago so I don't quite remember but I think I did register it. 

    I am new to this forum but not brand new to cutting vinyl. I have been doing it on and off for the past year, more on for the past few months but I have been using my cricut machine more since it worked better. Now I just have demand for vehicle decals and signage and and can't use that small machine for that. Like I said I have had problems with this machine from the get and have adjusted the blade way down because I knew it was out way too much. Do you guys think that it could be an issue with that software even though I'm getting issues on the test cuts run from the panel on the machine? 

    Hello there, welcome to the site, lots of great help on here, Well i can tell you just from talking with others that this is lot more machine then the circuit you have been using for a year.

    The blade height has to be 100% on the machine your using.. Take a piece of Vinyl your going to use. and set the blade height. try it with the test square, if it cuts more then just the vinyl and cuts into the backing, you need to lower the height of the blade. Try again, Re peat until it doesn't cut the backing... That picture you posted looks horrible.. With the machine off make sure the blade is moving up and down as it should. if its moving up and down it should not be cutting anything except the design your trying to cut. The Software. if its not registered/paid for they can and will put lines in whatever your cutting. some software is totally free to use to try out but once you try to cut something it will put lines all in it. its there way of keeping you from using there software for free.

    I have a SC2 cutter and it came with Vinylmaster and it wasn't what l liked at first but now i can design in it in no time. Sure cuts a lot is another good one its $60 for the basic one. FYI. My force is only at 102 for oracal 651 and I lower it down to 90 or so for HTV. that is how mine cuts best. everyone is different. also my Speed is down to 100 seemed to help a lot. and still cuts plenty fast for me. If your trying to run a business you should spent a lil more money, I was going to buy the same machine and people here talked me out of it.

    Good luck. maybe you could post a short video of it cutting something.

     

     


  14. 3 hours ago, SONOFKONG said:

    I found this American company on Ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/12-x-164-Roll-of-Colored-Sign-Vinyl/290388662074?hash=item439c83573a:g:H-sAAOxyakdREQfO

     

    They Seem to have phenomenal prices, I sent them a bunch of questions i will post the response when i get it. Has anyone used this product?

     

    Kinda high on shipping pricing unless it stays the same even if you order 10 rolls, it doesn't really tell you what brand it is tho.

     

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  15. Like this, i cut this about 2 weeks ago, they was suppose to be another part that we never got right. but i stuck this to a piece  of regular like 651 backing just so it wouldnt get all dirty, but as you see it has fingerprints probably never get used now but just was wondering how people cut stuff like this and not install right away

    Thanks

     

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  16. 8 hours ago, Dakotagrafx said:

    it won't be a problem - the carrier is sticky but the adhesive on the htv is heat activated and won't be sticky to the touch

    you can buy pre cut htv at many sites - the time isn't important after you weed - the heat does the work

    All the ones I have weeded was sticky tho.. do they do something to the out side part of the image to make it not be sticky?  or could you just cut around the image and not have any extra

     


  17. Okay So i got to thinking about it and ive been in 2 vinyl shops now and both of them had Cut outs of HTV of images laying on the tables for sale, but how can they sell them like that? I mean when i weed my image i just cut out its sticky, as it should be to go on the shirt. so how come theirs was not sticky and i thought once weeded it needed to go right onto the shirt. i forgot to get my press heated up and was worried about the 20 mins it take to heat up before i can put it on the shirt.

     

    Thanks


  18. On 12/27/2017 at 11:01 AM, ExposeURDesigns said:

    This was the hardest thing for me to remember...lol I still shake my head at myself every time I mess the cut up

    Just last week I forgot to mirror it i put a note on my PC monitor to remind me to always MIRROR for shirts.

    I also cut the wrong side just yesterday.. opps I guess put a sign on my cutter that says glossy side down.

     


  19. On 3/8/2018 at 8:49 PM, pmvinyls said:

    My first job in a print shop, the owner gave me his pricing calculator. I've used it ever since. I should note, this is for cut decals from Oracal 631 and 651. Width of the vinyl roll + length of the cut (in inches) divided by 2. That's my base price. on a 24" roll, I keep my designs within 22", so say the design fits into a cut area is 22" x 50". I add 2" to the width and 2" to the length (for the rollers and extra length where it's cut). So that's 24+52=76/2=$38. This is already a decent profit. For me, I've gotten really fast at weeding my own designs, so I'll just round up a few bucks if it's a design that takes more than a few minutes to weed. For custom stuff, I'll round up a little more. Custom designs are charged at my $60 an hour freelance rate. Re-creating artwork in vector for me to cut is charged at $30 an hour rate. 

    Using this pricing calculator on my 24" rolls of 631, every 5 yards of vinyl sold pays for a 50 yard roll. 45 yards of pure profit. Also gives you some wiggle room to offer decent discounts when people make large orders. 

     

    On 3/8/2018 at 10:22 PM, haumana said:

    I do recall, before getting into cutting myself, a kiosk at a mall that was charging $1/inch (longs side). That was based on 651 and they were using a 15" roll.

    Thanks everyone. My buddy got heck a deal from me,  i cut his own vinyl it was two  80 inches long by 23 inches wide and only charged him $20 for it. but he did let me have what was left over. Got to cut the tail gate one still when he gets me the size. 

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