Weeding

[cOrKinSA]

Thank you everyone for sharing what tool you like. (Oh and I do have a clue)
Do people find it better to weed centers of letters and such first? I tend to weed from the center of a piece and work my way out. Does anyone dust their vinyl with powder to see the cut better? Someone told me to do this but I'm thinking it's not such a good idea.

Thanks again
Christopher

Wow you are new at this!
Powder in a room around multi thousand dollar equiptment, you better take some picks for us.

 

[TheSnowman]

Yeah, I think we're way over analyzing weeding. I start at one side, and end at the other. That's how I do it. I think that's how most people do. What you do in between doesn't matter.

 

[Rhino]

I always weed from the outside, right to left. x-acto knife. Sometimes, if the wording is really small, I will cut a weed border (bounding box) and tape over that. Then I flip it over, peel off the backing and weed the extra off of the tape.

 

[grafxxx]

x-acto with a dull tip thumbtack or my wife if she is around

 

[cOrKinSA]

I find weeding top right to left for lettering and left to right for numbers to be the easiest for me.
I just let the vinyl wrap itself around my Thumb-index-middle fingers as I spin it around and as long as your pain in the @ss employees don't come around and choke the vinyl around your forearm you shouldn't have no worries with it sticking to your hair.
How much of a clue do you really have?

 

[ndemond]

Yeah, I think we're way over analyzing weeding. I start at one side, and end at the other. That's how I do it. I think that's how most people do. What you do in between doesn't matter.

I always make a cut in the middle and if it is Tuesday I go right and the rest of the week I go left. I rest on Sundays. I used to make my teenagers come in after school and weed for punishment. After a few days they were angels!

 

[Samm]

Outside to inside, right to left.

 

[Mike Paul]

The Best weeding tool is an X-ACTO with a dull or blunt tip.
New ones are to sharp and stab through the material. The Blunt tip makes a great weeding tool plus you can cut, slice, dice, & separate without taking the time to switch between tools.
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[Samm]

The Best weeding tool is an X-ACTO with a dull or blunt tip.
New ones are to sharp and stab through the material. The Blunt tip makes a great weeding tool plus you can cut, slice, dice, & separate without taking the time to switch between tools.
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Sharp tip is Perfect for tiny centres though Just a bugger when I snap a blade and get a straight edge on it!!!

 

[NukeProof]

weeding? I use a roach clip

:Big Laugh

 

[Bradster941]

WoW, am I the only one who uses one of these ?

100 yards in 10 minutes...


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[OADesign]

HI,
I was wondering if anyone had some advice on weeding?

Moderation is key. Never during work or on a weekday for that matter

What kind of tools do you use for weeding.

Thank you
Christopher

eZwider (orange pack), Chrome Bic with the indian head nickel on the front...

:Big Laugh its friday. its been a long week...

 

[Al Checca]

Thank you everyone for sharing what tool you like. (Oh and I do have a clue)
Do people find it better to weed centers of letters and such first? I tend to weed from the center of a piece and work my way out. Does anyone dust their vinyl with powder to see the cut better? Someone told me to do this but I'm thinking it's not such a good idea.

Thanks again
Christopher

I agree I weed left to right unless it is numbers then right to left, Never use any powder if you can see the cut lines you can try by throwing it in the freezer, it will shrink it so you can see the cut lines.
It don't matter if you do the centers first or last as long as you pluck them out at some point and time. It can be easier if you place a relief cut between each line of text so you work a smaller area and myself I like to work outside to the inside.

 

[N2Harpz]

xacto .... or anything handy

 

[rollerchicken]

My preferred tool is a pair of tweezers I got when I bought a set of dental tools at a swap meet. I took the tips to a grinder and made them pointy.