Vinyl Decal Cutter

[Trevor Davies]

Hi FaustoB,
not really sure what you mean with "Do you have any tips on how to install the vinyl decal onto the headstock?"

I prepared the headstock the same way as when I added slide decal paper logos or packing tape logos. That is with a few layers of final coat. Sand this smooth. Then add the vinyl logo (literally pushed on like a sticker). Then added more final coats to bury the edges of the vinyl.

As far as the Vinyl material goes:
Once the unwanted part of the vinyl was removed from the backing, stick some Cricut Transfer Tape (which keeps all the logo parts with their correct spacing) onto the front side of the vinyl logo. The transfer tape is pushed/rubbed hard to the logo. The white backing is then carefully peeled off and removed. This then reveals the underneath (sticky side) of the vinyl logo. The transfer tape with logo is then placed onto the headstock. The logo part is rubbed onto the headstock. The transfer tape is then carefully peeled off and (hopefully) the vinyl logo stays on the headstock.

I hope this helps.

[Rabbit]

As far as the Vinyl material goes:
Once the unwanted part of the vinyl was removed from the backing, stick some Cricut Transfer Tape (which keeps all the logo parts with their correct spacing) onto the front side of the vinyl logo. The transfer tape is pushed/rubbed hard to the logo. The white backing is then carefully peeled off and removed. This then reveals the underneath (sticky side) of the vinyl logo. The transfer tape with logo is then placed onto the headstock. The logo part is rubbed onto the headstock. The transfer tape is then carefully peeled off and (hopefully) the vinyl logo stays on the headstock.

The other option which leaves less edge and gives a few more options is to use a low tack vinyl, and instead of picking up the decal as a sticker, you weed out the decal part and use the negative space as a one shot stencil. You can then use colours the printer won't do, as well as shading which the printer will do. The application is the same but you pick up on the transfer tape (which itself is good for making one off stencils) the parts of the decal you would normally throw away.