Do you ever do a "test" cut for intricate designs?
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Do you ever do a "test" cut for intricate designs?
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I don't do test cuts, but i do watch the first cut to check all ok and i check and double check before pressing cut.
With large intricate designs you just need to take your time weeding, don't think i've ever weeded something i should'nt. It's fairly easy to see the design. The mistake i've made before is trying to pull excess off too quickly and pulling a bit of the design off ie the dots on i's, but you can salvage and stick em back on if your'e lucky.
As far as i know the only way you could test the design looks ok is maybe plot with a pen instead of the blade on paper and look but this should only show what the screen does.
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Hey,,,, what I normally cut is tiny fonts ,,, the smallest being for shot glasses,,,, so I do a test cut to see if the cutter is cutting cleanly,,, nothing worse than cutting 40 immages and the q, and the f,, and the s,, have hangers where you have to take a exacto knife to it,,, but mine are small designs about2"x2" and 1/8 th inch fonts,, so I can afford to waste a test cut,,,
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Originally Posted by Rodney
Hey Vinyl Masters,
Quick question for you:
But then you get a little voice that says, what if it doesn't look how I planned it. The cut lines look "ok", but what if I weed the wrong stuff.
hmmmm, that little voice is in your head too huh? I have that thought almost every time I click the send button. I am one that wonders "did I close the garage door" when I'm two blocks from the house every time I leave home.
I leave graphics up on my screen when I'm weeding intricate designs, I find myself double checking to insure I'm weeding the unwanted materials.
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Originally Posted by plan b
Hey,,,, what I normally cut is tiny fonts ,,, the smallest being for shot glasses,,,, so I do a test cut to see if the cutter is cutting cleanly,,, nothing worse than cutting 40 immages and the q, and the f,, and the s,, have hangers where you have to take a exacto knife to it,,, but mine are small designs about2"x2" and 1/8 th inch fonts,, so I can afford to waste a test cut,,,
R.
This is where I can definitely see the advantage of a test cut.
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You bet ,, the oracal 641,, or cast vinyl would be close to the same as heat applied ,, 33 cents a square foot as apposed to 1.50 or so for heat vinyl,,, then you can play around with decals,,, Rodney,, 641 from ordways i think is around 25 bucks for 24 "x 5yd roll,,, You will also appreciate t shirt vinyl after you weed sign vinyl....
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I leave graphics up on my screen when I'm weeding intricate designs, I find myself double checking to insure I'm weeding the unwanted materials.
Great minds think alike. After hovering over the "send" button for a while, I went back to coreldraw and made my graphic look like how I want the t-shirt to look. Changed the background color. Matched the color of the design to the color of the vinyl.
It gives me a much better idea on how to weed it correctly.
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you can maybe try on sign vynil vinil vinyl if you can get some.I also put the pen tip on sometimes.
Another great tip, thanks! I had never compared the costs of sign vinyl to t-shirt vinyl.
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i have done test cuts when designs were really detailed a couple times.. i also print a picture of what it is gonna look like so i know where to weed.. ..
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acid etch wont do it ,,, I cut the vinyl mirrored,, attach it to the glass and then sand blast for frost effect,, what I get is a logo you can see from the inside of the glass,, did bunch for Tanqueray promoting their vodka,,, now all the rest. bars want them,, go figure,,,
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Do you ever do a "test" cut for intricate designs? 
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I have that thought almost every time I click the send button. I am one that wonders 
"did I close the garage door"
when I'm two blocks from the house every time I leave home.
