Silhouette Cut Settings For Reflective Vinyl

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.

Silhouette cut settings for reflective vinyl.

Click on blade settings to find all the cut settings you need. For this reflective heat transfer vinyl i used the settings blade depth 2 speed 7 and force 5 which worked perfectly. Vinyl matte blade 1 speed 5 force 10 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 2. This will get you to a good starting point.

White reflective for instance is only white when it s doing its thing. Card stock plain blade 1 speed 4 force 14 blade 3 speed 3 pressure 3 oracal 631 custom. Because of this there is sometimes a color shift that occurs when viewing reflective vinyl in different settings fig 1. 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.

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. This reflective property is what makes road signs legible after dark without the cost of electric illumination. You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio. You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.

Cut and press settings for products at products cricut setting silhouette setting brother scan cut setting etched vinyl light card stock material. Below you ll find cut settings for silhouette cricut and brother scan n cut. Material choose type of material closest to the vinyl you will be using. Once you have arrived at the send tab this is where you can change your settings.

You can also find a vinyl guide and a sizing guide below.