Effectively, I’ve heard your pleas…you wish to know learn how to layer vinyl! I need to give the folks what they need and so in the present day we’ll discuss in regards to the best, no-fail, just about 100% assure strategy to completely layer vinyl…on the primary strive!  You are in, aren’t you?

Only a heads up, this technique is supposed for adhesive vinyl because it makes use of switch tape, not meant for HTV.  If you happen to’re attempting to layer warmth switch vinyl, click on right here for some ideas and tips!

I wanted a strategy to higher manage my vinyl and naturally, I wanted to make a label.  For this mission, I needed to make a textual content label with an overview aka offset…let’s get began!
Open up Silhouette Studio. 

After the textual content is the sized, click on the Draw a Rectangle icon.  Draw a small rectangle above the highest left of your textual content.  Spotlight the Rectangle > Proper Click on > Duplicate.  Transfer the second rectangle over towards the proper aspect of the design. 

I needed to make my design have an enormous define so I used an offset.
Again to our offset although… the offset would be the backside layer of our design.  To get the offset click on again on the textual content, then click on the “Offset” icon.   Choose “Offset” and modify the space to your liking use the up and down arrows or the slide bar.  Click on apply.

Now open the Fill Shade panel. The Offset layer and the unique with the colours of vinyl through which they’re going to be minimize on.  Fill the registration marks with a very completely different coloration.

Choose all the things – the offset, registration marks, and unique design – and make a replica.  You’ll be able to copy/paste otherwise you you may proper click on > Duplicate.

Retaining the registration marks with every copy, delete the alternating layers on the 2 copies. It’s best to have one thing that appears like this.

Group the registration marks with every layer so they do not get moved misplaced.  To group, choose the registration marks and the design on the identical time > proper click on > Group. Repeat for the second layer.

At this level, my design is all able to be minimize.  Let’s begin with the white layer. Transfer the pink layer (together with the grouped registration marks off the digital reducing mat).  Open the Ship panel
and ensure to select “Vinyl, Shiny” or “Vinyl, Matte” as the fabric kind relying on what you are reducing.

Additionally be sure the minimize traces are on by urgent “Minimize.”

Load your piece of white vinyl on the Silhouette reducing mat and into the Silhouette CAMEO machine and ship it to be minimize.  When it is completed reducing, unload it from the machine and set it apart.

Return into Silhouette Studio and transfer the white layer off the digital mat. Transfer the pink layer on and repeat the steps to chop the pink layer.

Weed each parts of your design such as you usually would. Make sure the rectangles keep in place, too!  This is how my two cuts taken care of I weeded them.

Now we wish to transfer the highest layer (pink) on prime of the underside layer.  Minimize a bit of switch tape that’s giant sufficient to cowl the biggest layer.  Take away the backing of the switch tape and lay it down excessive layer (for me that is the pink vinyl) such as you usually would to switch vinyl to a different floor.

Peel it up such as you usually would – catching each the rectangles and the design. Do not throw out that piece of vinyl backing simply but! You may want it.

Place that scrap piece of vinyl backing calmly over the textual content you simply peeled up, however go away the rectangles uncovered.

Flip it over so the sticky aspect of the switch tape is dealing with down and line up the rectangles on the highest and backside layers.   By placing that piece of paper there you might be simply ensuring the highest layer of vinyl and switch tape do not begin sticking to the underside layer till you might be completely prepared.

So go forward and place the highest layer rectangles (pink) immediately on prime of the underside layer rectangles (white).  I wish to line up the underside edges of the rectangles after which type of fold up.

You’ll be able to’t see the white rectangles within the picture beneath as a result of they’re fully lined by the pink prime layer rectangles.  That is what is going on to ensure your picture is layered precisely proper! 

As soon as the rectangles are completely stacked, flip the switch tape up from the underside so you may slide out that security piece of backing or paper…

…then slowly decrease down the highest layer so it is on prime of the underside layer.

Preserve the switch tape in place and press the 2 layers collectively.  Peel the switch tape up once more bringing each layers of the design with it.

Now you may place your complete two layer design onto the floor the place you need it!

This feels like a variety of steps, however
it is really pretty simple to do and if you wish to keep away from losing your
vinyl over failed makes an attempt at “eyeballing it” than that is undoubtedly
the best way to go!

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