Minimum Vinyl Cut Line Thickness

Vinyl ears describes the corners of the vinyl beginning to lift as the graphic is cut.

Minimum vinyl cut line thickness.

Mil is form of measurement commonly used in manufacturing to specify thickness. Vinyl lettering includes lettering numbering or shapes that are individually cut out from a sheet of solid colored 2 mil vinyl and then pre spaced and placed onto pre masked transfer tape the number of transfer tape sheets used will depend on the size of your vinyl lettering and amount of colors used. Keep in mind the term mil is not short for millimeter. The positive features of your design should be no smaller than 1x the material thickness.

Holes and cut outs should be no smaller than 1 5x the material thickness. Cricut material name thickness in mm aluminum sheets. This precision is achieved without any loss in. I m using the vinyl for masking and painting purposes and am in need of sharp edges as i peel away the vinyl and paint the interior shapes made by the larger overlapping ones.

So angled cuts are more precise and intricate graphics in thick media are neat and easy to weed. The vinyl used for vinyl lettering is 3 4 mil 86 microns thick. Check the minimum feature size measurements for the thickness you wish to use on the material page in the materials catalog.