vinyl ultracut white

[cardman]

just done some text on craftrobo - big letters as well on ultrawhite vinyl

i just spent last 40 minutes weeding one line of text and remember its big text so nothing fancy
why is this stuff so hard to weed - cant even see the outlines either
if look at it u would swear nothing been cut on it - but u have to look very closely for the fine cuts as thats what it is

still got another 2 lines of text to weed - gonna save them for tommorow

[smitch6]

haha you'll get the hang of it
its easy when you know but also depends on what your doing
i love it when it's a big image and the weeding is easy
i presume you go the little tool with the robo
some ppl like it some don't
i love it

[cardman]

what little tool ?
that stuff is stretchy - i even threw part of the letters away and had to look in scraps and put them back on

EDIT :

found tool u on about - a stick with a small cork on end

nay i not using that i useing a sort of curved craft knive

[smitch6]

it's a little wooden stick with a pin in the end
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[cardman]

yeh got it - was in bottom of box
Im glad robo uses scrap as im gonna have loads

[cardman]

also forgot to say this was not my first weeding - used some other white stuff and it weeded fine (infact could pull it off with my fingers)
but this stuff i got today (the ultracut is a lot more stretcher) and still cant see the cut lines
Seriously i reckon gonna need a magnify glass and still struggle

[AdamB]

Like others have said - it all comes with practice.

Once you know what you've cut you'll find yourself weeding it without paying much attention as you know what is on the sheet ................ then you get a stanley knife and cut straight down the design due to lack of concentration - or is that just me!

[Renniwano]

Some vinyl is easier to weed than others.. and yes, done the whole stanley knife down the design thing here too !!! lol

[mrs maggot]

i love watching hubbies face as i pull a load of scrap off, while he patiently weeds little by little, i grab and pull, i always weed backwards do you weed with the open curve of a c for instance

[smitch6]

i just dig the tool in wherever i feel it needs to lol i start at 1 corner and work my way i don't think i do it in any order

oh 1 tip as well cup man hold the thing up into the light to make sure you have weeded everything
there's nothing worse than pressing it only to realise you've left a tiny bit in an e for example
yes i've done it :~