What Kind Of Vinyl Does The Cameo 3 Use

Between the numbers the finishes and the adhesive types it can be super confusing and overwhelming to figure out the best type of vinyl for your silhouette cameo projects.

What kind of vinyl does the cameo 3 use. For the silhouette cameo use the heat transfer material with the appropriate finish smooth flocked metallic etc. Adhesive and heat transfer. Heat transfer smooth. Adhesive vinyl can come in all kinds of colors and finishes but it will always have a paper backing and be sticky to the touch when that backing is peeled off.

Adhesive vinyl or sticky vinyl or sticker vinyl goes on hard surfaces. Oracal 631 this strength of vinyl is common for indoor use. Heat transfer vinyl htv has a heat. I personally use a silhouette cameo 3 and love it but you can cut craft vinyl with great results with lots of different machines.

The cb09 is very different from the silhouette brand blades in that it needs to be assembled and the actual blade can be switched out and replaced. For the siser easyweed used in this tutorial siser s recommended settings are. This vinyl is known as short term up to 3 years. The information on this page will help you to work with vinyl whether you are using a silhouette cricut brother scan n cut or any other electronic cutting machine.

There are two main types of vinyl. Heat transfer vinyl on the other hand does not have a paper backing instead htv has a clear plastic carrier sheet that covers the top of the vinyl. This vinyl does not do well if it gets wet. The cut settings for htv depend on your machine and what type of heat transfer vinyl.

The other side is where the adhesive is it is not sticky or tacky to the touch.