The vinyl has a tendency to want to lift up if you don t have a surface that s perfectly smooth.
Keeping vinyl stuck on cups.
The last and most crucial step involves sealing the vinyl.
Regular vinyl has a solvent based adhesive applied to the back of it.
It is easily removed.
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And when applying it keep the design as low as possible.
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You want to make sure that your vinyl adheres well and that nothing comes up with the transfer paper.
Applying vinyl to mugs or cups cricut basics.
Make use of the scraping tool to help smoothen out your design and brush out any bubbles and make the vinyl stick to the mug.
Your enduragloss oracal 651 or 751 should work well.
This will help ensure it doesn t affect where you ll be drinking from your mug.
Just keep the design simple and apply it dry.
Learn how to diy personalized mugs and tea cups with vinyl it s easy to do with professional results.
The number of the vinyl is used to rate the stickiness of it and the higher the number the more it will stick typical wall vinyl which the cricut vinyl is is typically oracal 631 which is rated for indoor use.
You can make these adorable cups easily with my free cut files and be sipping your favorite drink in no time.
You can go ahead and paint it or spray paint it but just be sure to give it a really long time to dry before applying the vinyl.
Be wary of cheap plastic cups and make sure your customer knows the vinyl appliqué is not fully warranted for dishwasher use.