Why Wont My Vinyl Stick To The Transfer Tape

How to get your vinyl design cutout to release from cricut transfer tape that is too sticky.

Why wont my vinyl stick to the 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. Then carefully peel back the transfer tape at a 45 angle or more. Picking up glitter vinyl even with strong grip transfer tape can be a bit exasperating. 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.

I am trying to get some very small words to stick to very smooth plastic but the surface is so slick that the letters stay on the transfer tape. Since the plastic is smooth and nonporous the vinyl should stick fairly easily. I am using cricut black outdoor vinyl and cricut transfer tape. But really it should work really nicely on plastic.

Your vinyl is not sticking to your transfer tape. If you can t figure out why your heat transfer vinyl won t stick you ve landed in the right place. I have a little trick that will help you get that vinyl off the backing sheet when it doesn t want to seem to stick to the transfer paper. My first suggestion is to reeeeeaaaallly work your scraper tool on top of the transfer paper glitter vinyl.

I had to be careful not to remove the carpet from the floor with the super strength adhesive on the transfer tape. Push really hard and scrape back and forth in every direction for longer than you think you should have to. No more wasted vinyl. Trick to picking up vinyl when it won t stick to the transfer tape wednesday august 30 2017.

It s maddening and it s frustrating but we can help. No matter what you were thinking when your vinyl was peeling we re here to tell you we ve been there. If i pick at them you will notice the damage as they are so small plus i don t really want to have to pick at over 100 individual letters. 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.

If you re transfer tape won t pick up the vinyl off the backing sheet you re in luck.