The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette.
Which side is the liner side of vinyl for cricut.
Easypsv is cut with the paper liner side down and colored side up while htv is cut with the plastic carrier side down.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear.
You can tell iron on vinyl from regular vinyl by the front liner.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
Place vinyl liner side down onto lightgrip mat.
If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
Pop back over to the app because there s no buttons or dials on the cricut joy and select your cut setting.
Generally adhesive vinyl has the colorful vinyl on one side and is backed by a paper carrier sheet that is most often white.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
Cutting glitter vinyl with a cricut machine.
How to use adhesive vinyl with a cricut.
In the end if you re faced with two shiny sides the same color the slightly less shiny side is going to be the vinyl side.
Iron on vinyl has a shiny side and a dull side.
There is a very high gloss side and a dull matte side with the glitter in between.
Select images and size and load the mat into your machine.
Press flashing go button.
Cricut vinyl instructions say place material liner side down on to mat.
It does say to mirror the image.
The printable vinyl i have used didn t have issues sticking to the mat.
Can someone please tell me if its the shiny clear or the dull side that should be facing the mat.
Whatever mat and machine you are using put your adhesive vinyl paper backing side down onto your mat so the colored vinyl side is facing up see image below.
Peel back the sticky transfer tape from the liner sheet.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
In the photo below you can see the liner peeling away from the iron on design.
I don t know which side is the liner.
I still can t tell which side i cut iron on vinyl on.
Sometimes that sheet has a grid on it to make it easy to cut straight.
Refer to glitter vinyl kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings a kiss cut goes through the vinyl film and leaves the liner intact.
If you get nothing on the page then you know that is not printable side and that is the side that goes down on the mat.
The cricut joy is limited to smart settings.
It s usually the shiniest side and you use a very sticky mat.