Cricut Vinyl Not Sticking To Transfer Tape

You create a decal but when you go to pick it up with the transfer tape the vinyl refuses to release from the backing paper.

Cricut vinyl not sticking to transfer tape.

Peel vinyl liner away from transfer tape and design. Burnish rub the tape onto the vinyl. How to get your vinyl design cutout to release from cricut transfer tape that is too sticky. Turn your vinyl over and burnish the back side.

The vinyl is old poor quality vinyl oracal vinyl is recommended poor quality or low tack transfer tape here s the transfer tape i recommend too much pressure thickness when cutting the vinyl which pushes it into the backing. If vinyl doesn t separate from the liner simply burnish liner back onto the vinyl and peel away again. Your vinyl is not sticking to your transfer tape scenario 1. Glitter vinyl seems to have more problems being picked up than regular adhesive vinyl.

A craft stick butter knife or the scraper from the cricut tool kit can be used to do this. Use rubbing alcohol to clean plastic and glass surfaces. To see the too sticky fix skip to 2 38 o. Peel the vinyl away from the liner at a 45 degree angle.

Use a scraper to burnish transfer tape onto your design working outward from where you attached the small area. No more wasted vinyl. You create a decal but only some of the letters stick onto the transfer tape while the rest are left behind on the backing paper. If the vinyl sticks to the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl again and then continue to peel the vinyl away.