Craftopia Transfer Tape for Permanent Vinyl | 12″x12′ Clear | Transfer Tape for Vinyl Roll with Blue Alignment Grid, Perfect for cricut Paper Cameo Silhouette – Premium Quality (Made in USA)
$ 6.15
Wow it’s so hard to find vinyl related products with all these mixed reviews. Well most of them speak for themselves when they say “I haven’t tried other brands”. I bought a couple leading brands to test them out for my own liking since there is no clear path to take with the polarized review.I came to the conclusion that people have no idea what they are doing. I just got a vinyl cutter but I’ve been working with vinyl decals since I was a child and then all through my automotive hobbyists life. You can’t just rip the stuff off and expect it to work. You have to pull at an angle that creates less strain on the side you don’t want to pull. You also need to cut on the right settings in the first place. If you aren’t cutting deep enough that will cause issues. Basically, any of these vinyl reviews if half the people got good results, than half of them found out how to do it right. It’s not so much the material or product it’s the use. If it’s too sticky or not sticky enough you can compensate. It’s pressure sensitive adhesive. That’s what all tapes are. The more pressure you put the more it sticks. Pressure is force over area. You push 1 lb with your palm versus 1 lb with your finger tip the end result it’s going to be a factor of 10 difference. If it’s too tacky don’t push as hard if it’s not tacky enough scrape the crap out of it when your transferring.Now for actual product review this stuff has a nice scrapper included inside the roll make sure you don’t throw it out by accident. The grids make it easy to use and I can cut this and the vinyl in my paper slicer which makes it easy to cut at 90 degree lines that way I can like it up nice.Also for variables temperature will also make a difference so rub it with your finger get it hot or use hair dryer or something. You need to Experiment with a test piece before wasting your vinyl as other users have complained.
