Permanent Adhesive Vinyl?

[bskts4bj]

My DD and DN found these water bottles w/Minnie silhouettes on Pinterest that they are dying to make for their trip. Has anyone used this stuff before? I don't want to have to purchase a bunch of vinyl that will just sit and collect dust -- any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated. I plan to make the die cuts with my Cricut Expression.

TIA,
Brenda

 

[PrincessNancy96]

You need outdoor vinyl... I utilize craftvinyl.com for my vinyl needs. I use the gloss outdoor vinyl and have very good luck with it. He sales the vinyl in 12x12 and 12x24 sheets. He also has several brands you can choose from. I use the Orcal 651. I made tumblers for my kids to travel with and they are still going strong. I would share photosbut the kids took them to college so they could take them on campus without spilling.

I used the vinyl with my Expression and with my silhouette. You will just need to adjust the cut to vinyl.. I googled that depth level (I forgot the first time! LOL)

Hope that helps!

 

[bskts4bj]

Thank you!! Do you also use the transfer tape or no? I'm thinking I really don't need to use it for what I'm doing, but you seem to know what you're doing, so what's your thoughts??

 

[PrincessNancy96]

I'm not expert by any means.. alot was trial and error! LOL
I used the drywall mess tape for transferring the words once but didn't really like it... felt it took more time to do all that than just putting them on myself.

I know with my Mickey heads I just put them on myself.

 

[bskts4bj]

Perfect! Thanks for everything, I appreciate it. Our trip is 10 days away -- can't wait! First ever "just the girls" trip!!

 

[mommajo143]

Oracal is great - here is what I'm working on now for DS8 ... I'm putting on a binder for him to store his cards in for our next trip. Vinyl crafting is a lot if fun - do you have a cutter or will you be cutting by hand?