Cricut Vinyl Will Not Come Off Tape

Vinyl cut weeded and ready to transfer.

Cricut vinyl will not come off tape.

Transfer tape or stronggrip transfer tape see table above to choose the right one for your vinyl type scraper or other burnishing tool. Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle. I have some on order but wanted to finish up a. If the thing you are sticking the vinyl to is curved slit the transfer tape between the sections or letters so that it is more flexible.

I take whatever size of transfer tape i need and stick it to the couch or table. Smaller bits always take a little extra work though. Re squeegee anything that doesn t come off the transfer tape. You are trying to apply your decal to your favorite water bottle and after rubbing it down on your cup for 5 minutes the vinyl will not come off the transfer tape and release onto the cup.

If your project has multiple layers start with the furthest back layer and move forward lining up each layer as you go. As a result the sticker the vinyl is rated as the more sticky your transfer tape needs to be in order to pull it up off the backing its self. Use silhouette transfer tape with the cricut vinyl. I purchased this cricut stronggrip transfer tape because i ran out of the original tape that i normally use.

Attach a small area of transfer tape to your design. Peel liner from transfer tape. I had to be careful not to remove the carpet from the floor with the super strength adhesive on the transfer tape. Use a craft stick or a cricut scraper to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl.

I will walk you through the basic steps of using transfer tape share my favorite brands. If the vinyl does not separate from the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl and peel away again. It is still sticky but the vinyl is 10x easier to remove. After i cut the vinyl with my cricut air 2 measure and cut the transfer tape to fit my vinyl i peel the backing off the transfer tape and stick it down onto my shag carpet.

I do that a few times until it is less sticky. Your vinyl isn t coming off of the transfer tape. Yes i would consider transfer tape that is 4 4 1 2 years old to be old.