Metallic Flex

[**Shirley**]

Hi, I was trying to cut metallic flex today and was getting in a right mess. Do I use carrier sheet? I have tried looking back other threads but couldn't get answers I was looking for. Is it all different cutting depths for the different flexes and again are you supposed to use the carrier sheet. TIA Shirley

[janey66]

I was talking to graphtec yesterday and they told me that if the media has its own backing then you do not need a carrier sheet HTH Jan

[**Shirley**]

Thanks Jan. Shirley

[stressed]

do a search under my name from within this chat section i posted how i did mine about 4-8 weeks ago i think it was.

if you media fits within the rollers then dont use the CS
if its a small piece put it onto a CS
ive done both no problem

[**Shirley**]

Thanks Stressed, I think I was pre-occupied with something else. Thought I would try a t-shirt for daughter to take my mind off it and got in a mess! Did get there in the end. Thanks again, Shirley

[stressed]

just to give you abit more inspiration maybe, heres one i did just before our recent trip to disneyland paris

[joggy148]

Hi Stressed, yet another lovely t-shirt, can I ask what font you used.

[alicepinches]

Newbie question: What is flex please? I thought it was a power lead, but you seem to have stuck it onto a teeshirt?

Alice

[NikiB]

flex is what you can use to cut out designs and then iron them onto clothing etc. see Stressed's picture above. You can also cut flock which has a sort of velvety texture

[alicepinches]

I can picture what flock feels like - I guess its like that flock paper? What does flex feel like? And when you cut them out do you need to iron them on to the teeshirts or are they sticky-backed or something? With that funky princess design, do you have to be a very talented person to get all the pieces to be in line with each other or are they joined together by some magical invisible substance? Am I right in thinking that a sheet of this marvellous sounding substance is included in the starter pack that comes with the machine? So many questions, sorry

Alice

[stressed]

alicepinches
see my thread from a while ago here to explain
http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/...d.php?t=155991

joggy its kristen itc

[alicepinches]

Oooh, thats just what I needed, thankyou so much! Just one more question - does the acetate stuff come away from the teeshirt after the ironing, or does it become part of the design? Okay, two more questions - what do people mean when they say they have been "weeding" their designs?
Alice

[mgibbs]

Oooh, thats just what I needed, thankyou so much! Just one more question - does the acetate stuff come away from the teeshirt after the ironing, or does it become part of the design? Okay, two more questions - what do people mean when they say they have been "weeding" their designs?
Alice

Alice

Yes the backing sheet comes away and just leaves the flex (also known as garment vinyl) on the fabric.

Weeding is the process of removing all of the excess unwanted vinyl from your design after it has been cut by the robo.

Mark

[alicepinches]

So, forgive me for being thick, is that like using peel-offs in reverse? With peeloffs, you need to get the designs up and leave the middles of any letter Ps and Os and things behind - but this would mean weeding away the middles of any loops, and the outline section?

[mgibbs]

I don't know what peel offs are

If, for example, you did the letter O, after weeding you would just be left with the actual letter on the backing sheet. You woul weed the excess vinyl from around the letter and also the middle would be removed - leaving just he outline that you want to transfer to your t-shirt.

I uploaded a template called celtic in the templates forum. You could load this and then look at the photos of the finished t-shirt (see the t-shirt thread here) to look at the finished result.

Its much easier to do than explain

Mark