If you want to purchase more than just a few vinyl sheets, we highly recommend that you pop over to Cricut. However, if you are only chasing a single sheet of vinyl, we suggest you head over to Amazon.

>>> Click here to see the Cricut Iron-On range and to check prices

More Detail:

1. Finish:

The 631 vinyl only comes in a matte finish. A matte finish is fabulous if you don’t want any glare or reflections on your products. For example, wall decals are best in matte as a gloss would be too distracting.

2. Adhesive: The vinyl has specifically been designed for short- to medium-term applications. It uses a clear, water-based, removable adhesive. This is great as you can remove the sticker without causing damage to your surface or paint, it also won’t leave any residue behind either.

This is perfect for wall decals or temporary signage because you can remove it without damaging your paint or leaving a residue.

Since it is water-based, it is not suited for projects that are cleaned frequently, like dishware or anything exposed to a lot of water.

3. Durability: 631 Vinyl is an “indoor vinyl”. It doesn’t have the best weather resistant features, which is why it is termed as ‘indoor’. You can still use it outdoors, but you just can’t expect it to last for much longer than 1 years outdoors, whilst you will get at least 3 years (but most likely much more) indoors.

4. Thickness: Oracal 631 is 3 mil (3 thousandths of an inch) thick. In comparison to Oracal 651, 631 is 20% thicker.

5. Waterproof: The vinyl is more water resistant than waterproof. It also doesn’t have a great UV-resistance.

What is Oracal 631 Vinyl Used For?

Oracal 631 is fabulous for surfaces that won’t get handled a lot. As the stickers are removable, you don’t want to use them on objects that get touched and moved on a regular basis as this would affect their durability.

Our main uses for Oracal 631 include making wall decals (especially great for themed holiday decals such as Easter or Christmas), indoor signs (think about parties or special events), decorations (objects that will sit on a shelf) etc. It is also great for making business names and removable logos for trade shows and exhibitions.

We also love using this vinyl to create our own stickers for scrapbooking and card-making.

Oracal 631 Uses

Best Places to Buy Oracal 631 Vinyl?

1. Expressions Vinyl: What better place to buy your vinyl than from a store that is dedicated to vinyl!! Expressions Vinyl is very popular as they carry the best quality vinyl brands. They have Oracle 631 vinyl available in 12 x 12″ and 12 x 24″. They also have some Oracal 631 vinyl rolls as well as a color sample kit available. They are the cheapest supplier and we typically purchase our vinyl here.

2. Happy Crafters: Your whole shopping experience at this site is just a joy and you truly feel like a valued customer. You can grab 12 x 12″ and 12 x 24″ 631 vinyl here. They only have 25 colors available and the price is slightly higher than Expressions Vinyl above, but we still love shopping here as well.

3. Amazon: If you only need a few sheets of vinyl, you might prefer purchasing it on Amazon instead, that way you can bundle up your order with other goodies that you might be in need. Of course if you are a Prime member, you can also benefit from the superfast 2-day FREE shipping.

Examples:

These pink, mint, and gold polka dots created by @la_piep really add a fun splash of color to this room.

Product used: ORACAL 631

.#oracal631 #oracal #orafol #wallgraphics #polkadots #dots #interiordecor #interiorspaces https://t.co/TCX6oIQQRA pic.twitter.com/2NAzoDPHn3

— ORAFOL Americas (@ORAFOL_Americas) February 12, 2018

This is the perfect decal to lead us into the weekend.

Created by @fairydustdecals

Product used: ORACAL 631

.#oracal #oracal631 #walldecal #wallgraphic #decal #decals #wander #wanderlust #notallwhowanderarelost #readyfortheweekend https://t.co/do9xnkdjVY pic.twitter.com/JWzpGOjyNW

— ORAFOL Americas (@ORAFOL_Americas) January 19, 2018

This #ORACAL631 installation at the World Trade Center is absolutely breathtaking with NYC… https://t.co/aHGsggDkW2 pic.twitter.com/jKWvCERJMI

— ORAFOL Americas (@ORAFOL_Americas) January 16, 2017

Further Reading Ideas:

2. Siser EasyPSV Vinyl

Siser is well known for the high-quality heat transfer vinyl, so we were all super excited when they recently started producing their own adhesive vinyl range called Easy PSV. Their vinyl is top notch quality and we love the range of adhesive vinyl that they have released: permanent, removable, glitter, etch, glow and chalkboard. You can check out their prices here.

3. Cricut Vinyl

Those who into crafting rather than using vinyl for business or professional reasons might prefer grabbing their adhesive vinyl from Cricut itself. That way you can grab a few of their other supplies and tools whilst you are at it. Cricut vinyl is great and you can almost always find a sale of some sort on their site.

Tip: Sign up for their newsletter to get a $10 off voucher to use on your first purchase of $50+, and become a member to receive free shipping on orders of $50+.

4. Other Brands

I really would suggest you avoid any cheap brand of vinyl. Adhesive vinyl is really one of those products where paying cheap prices will give you crappy quality vinyl and you will regret it when the vinyl starts peeling off before long or starts fading in the sun. Invest in a well-known brand name and you can’t go wrong though!

I’m hoping that you have your head wrapped around self-adhesive vinyl now, but if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to leave them in the comments below.

source: https://www.thebestvinylcutters.com/what-is-the-best-adhesive-vinyl/

If you want to keep life easy whilst working with adhesive vinyl, we suggest that you have the following tools and accessories on hand. We will explain what each tool is needed for and give you some easy to follow links to check out their prices online.

The Best Tools for Adhesive Vinyl Projects

1. A Vinyl Cutting Machine

Invest in a decent vinyl cutting machine. These machines can cut vinyl with ease, leaving you with professional designs. They are easy to use and honestly worth every single dollar. Find our favorite vinyl die cutter (https://www.thebestvinylcutters.com/best-vinyl-cutting-machine/) on our buyer’s guide.

2. Weeding Tools

Once you have cut your design with your machine, you will need to weed the excess vinyl away.

On our website, we explain what weeding is:

Weeding is a process in which the unnecessary excess vinyl is removed from a design sheet. It can be particularly tricky to remove intricate detailing, especially when working with small designs. Other issues that you might come across include having problems on vinyl lifting from the backing and/or paper tearing in this process. See full post here.

Here is a list of our favorite tools for weeding:

i) The Cricut Tools Basic Set



We love the Cricut Tools Basics as it includes scissors, a scraper, tweezers, spatula and a weeder.

• Tweezers to lift and secure delicate material
• Weeder to remove tiny negative cuts
• Micro-tip scissors with protective blade cover
• Spatula to lift cuts from the mat
• Scraper to burnish material and clean all cutting mats

>>> Click to see pricing for this set on Cricut

ii) Cricut Weeder Tool Set

Another great set of tools for working with vinyl is the Cricut Weeding Tool Set. This kit has all the essential tools for when you do some beautiful intricate weeding work. It has five pieces: fine tweezers, hook tweezers, the classic weeder, piercing tool and hook weeder. These tools allow you to lift, remove, and place the most intricate cuts with speed, ease, and accuracy. The variety of tip styles and angles allows you to work with efficiency.

>>> Click to see pricing for this set on Cricut

iii) Scraping Tool

A scraping tool is pretty much essential and I can guarantee that you will use it every single time you do vinyl projects. A scraper is used to burnish the tape onto the vinyl backing to ensure that the design will get picked up when you peel the tape away. You will also use it to burnish the design onto the surface.

Fortunately, scraping tools are pretty cheap. I love to have a few scraper tools around, that vary in width. The Cricut Tools Basic Set has a small scraper in it which is great for small designs, but I also love to a large-sized scraper around as well.

>>> Click to see pricing for a nice large scraper

3. Transfer Tape

You can’t work with vinyl and not have some good quality transfer tape on hand.

Transfer tape is kinda exactly what it says, it is a tape that allows you transfer your design from the vinyl sheet to the surface that you want to apply it to.

The type of transfer tape that you should buy really depends on the type of vinyl you are using. Transfer tapes come with varying strength of stickiness. You can also find a clear tape that will help you to see where you are applying your design, others have grids on them to help you keep things straight.

You want to find a tape that is strong enough to pick up your design from your vinyl backing, but that is giving enough to release your design once you apply it to a surface.

Here are some popular transfer tape brands:

i) Cricut Transfer Tape

You can choose to purchase either the regular or strong grip tape. You only really need the strong grip for specialty vinyl such as glitter or flock. The tape is 12 x 48″ and has a grid to help you keep things nice and straight.

Here is a quick video to show you how to use the Cricut StrongGrip Transfer Tape with glitter vinyl.



>>> Click to see pricing for the Cricut Tape

ii) Angel Crafts Transfer Tape

We love Angel Crafts Tape as you can get them in different sizes. You can also get them in either clear or white or their premium quality means that you will also have a clean transfer. They also have grids on them to help you keep your designs straight.

The tape comes in a 12 x 8″ size, 3 x 25″ or a 6 x 50″ size. As a tip it is always important to be generous with your transfer tape, make sure you have plenty of excess tape around your design.

>>> Click to see pricing for this brand on Amazon

4. A Light Pad or Table

A light pad is brilliant when you are working on intricate or specialty vinyl designs. The light will help you see the cut lines which will help you pick out all the right bits and pieces as you weed.

We really love the Cricut Bright Pad. The pad is affordable and honesty it just makes weeding easier, which means you can do it quicker. The pad does a brilliant job of illuminating those hard-to-see cut lines.

>>> Click to see pricing for Bright Pad on Cricut

Of course, there are plenty of other handy tools and accessories that you could invest in, but these are the most crucial and the most beneficial in my opinion. And I honestly believe that too many tools are sometimes a bad thing as you can get confused about which tool you should be using it.

I would love to know though: Is there a tool you would recommend that I didn’t mention?

What can you make?

There are so many different things you can make with a die cutting machine, from labels, flowers, cards, boxes, decorative borders and more. Here is a video to give you some more ideas.

How does it work?

Die cutting machines are essential cutting tools to help you create intricate designs and patterns with the use of dies or electronic cut files.

What types of die cutting machines are there?

There are two main types of die cutters – manual and digital. Let’s quickly have a look at both of these:

1. Manual die cutting machines

The following post on our website explains a manual machine nicely!

A manual machine works manually with a crank (with some good old arm power). An easy comparison is to compare a manual machine to a simple paper punch. The beauty of a machine though is that you only have to purchase one device and then you can purchase dies (the shapes you want to cut) separately so that you can cut a large variety of shapes with one machine and multiple dies. See full post here

2. Electronic or digital die cutting machine

The following post on our website defines what an electronic machine is.

Materials are cut similarly or closely in the way a printer prints. Ultimately while using this machine, your designs will be sent directly to the digital cutter from your computer or tablet, where your created designs are made. See full post here

What are this year’s best die cutting brands?

Now that you have a quick and brief overview of the machines, let’s have a look at some of the most popular brands and models currently on the market. Listed from latest released machines to oldest:

1. The Cricut Maker – This is the newest machine on the market. It is an electronic machine and due to its incredible versatility, it is pretty expensive. You only really need to invest in this machine if you plan on cutting a lot of fabric. You can read our review on the Cricut Maker here.

2. Silhouette Cameo 3 – The Cameo 3 is one of our best selling machines. Again, it is a digital machine which means that you can cut pretty much any shape under the sun. It can also cut over 100 plus materials! Cheaper than the Cricut Maker, if you are after a digital machine, this is one of our favorites. Click to read the Cameo 3 review here.

3. The Cricut Explore Air 2 – Another fabulous digital die cutter by Cricut. This one is slightly older than their Maker, but we absolutely love the price of this machine. You can also save loads of money by grabbing one of their bundle deals.

4. The Sizzix Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine – After a truly affordable machine and don’t mind a manual crank-operated cutter? The Sizzix Big Shot is an oldie but a goldie and is still one of the most loved machines by beginner scrapbookers.

There are several other die cutting machines that offer various features that you will find beneficial. You can find our post on the best die cutting machine here. Have a browse and keep the following points in consideration:

Die cutting machines are one of the best tools for craft-making, scrapbooking, and even quilting. It is a worthwhile investment and whilst it will cost a bit to get started, over the years to come it will actually save you loads of money.

Any Questions? Please leave them below.

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