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Re: Distressed look using vinyl without the weeding?
Well your going to have to weed any path you create for distressed look. You can create distressed edges quite easily. On the interior of the design just make the paths large enough to weed.
Re: Distressed look using vinyl without the weeding?
Thought about that, but I think to get a 'real' distressed look, somehow you need to get a 'thinning' of the transferable vinyl randomly throughout the design... as if it was worn off in places rather than cut out. Know what I mean?
Re: Distressed look using vinyl without the weeding?
No reason to think this might work...just riffing here, but...have you tried taking an emery board, fine sand paper, or a pot scrubber to the vinyl? Or maybe white vinegar which might discolor it slightly without melting it.
Re: Distressed look using vinyl without the weeding?
No... haven't tried that, but that's more in the line of what I was thinking might work... however, was hoping someone had already done the 'experimenting' and figured out a working method. Guess I'll try a few different techniques on my own and report back if I have any success.
Re: Distressed look using vinyl without the weeding?
Hey, thanks David for attaching the pic... that's a heck-of-a-lot better distressed look than I thought possible with vinyl! But out of curiosity since I'm new at this, about how long long does it take to weed an image like that?
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