Blue Stencil Vinyl Masking Film with Anti-Bleed Technology (12" x 10ft)

Easy to work with second time purchase. Adhesive could be a little stronger but for simple stencil it works well. Ink will bleed at edges on porous surfaces like grainy wood. Used to make stencils for our WW2 jeep and tee shirt prize for our rifle league. Since it is so stretchy best used for small projects. I found using a heated cutter increased the chance of edge bleeding. Exacto knife worked best. Pretty good value will buy again

This stencil vinyl works really well for my projects. It cuts cleanly and sticks just enough to stay in place without damaging the surface when removed. I’ve used it for painting and crafting, and the anti-bleed feature definitely helps keep lines sharp. The roll is a good size for the price and lasts through multiple projects. Overall, it’s a great value and I would recommend it to anyone doing stencils or DIY craft work.

The picture is ridiculous. You think you are getting a butcher paper roll of the vinyl. Nope. It is definitely a low tack vinyl, practically falls off the backing once cut, does stick nicely to very flat surfaces (such as non-textured glass), but not much else. I purchased this to make patterns for stained glass, I am not unhappy with it, but I ended up ordering a permanent stick vinyl for future projects. Did not stay during the whole grinding process, but still better than sharpie or alcohol inks. Actually would work better as a transfer tape. For the cost I'm not too bummed.

I used this material with my cameo silhouette and it worked really well. Once I figured out the cutting settings, the material cut great! It’s very sturdy, and I loved how the stencil came out that I cut (a little cow). But my only complaint would be that it does not stick on wood. I tried multiple times, I even tried a piece I hadn’t been manhandling to make sure I wasn’t the reason it wouldn’t stick. But even the piece I took off the roll didn’t stick enough to actually use it. The material sticks down well enough to be placed but not enough to actually use it. So if you’re thinking of using this stencil material for anything other than a wood background I recommend it for you. Again I love the material, love the thickness of it but I couldn’t use it for my intended purpose. I will update as soon as I use this material on anything other than wood.

Used this for masking airbrush overspray on a large stretched canvas. it honestly was pretty sketchy. had to use a chopstick to hold it down on thin areas when passing with the airbrush because it'd blow up from the air pressure (adhesive too weak). if this were used on a wood panel or even paper it might be perfect. The flex and non consistent texture on the canvas prevents the best bond being made between the adhesive & surface so it was a little nerve wracking when using this. I took it slow and was patient and it turned out great. probably about 5 hours of work on a 4x5foot painting with full masking using a stamp to add texture and an airbrush to add drop shadows in. masking film is vivd blue and transparent, great for seeing dark underlying markings for cutting, a little difficult to see through when used over areas of similar color tho. (contrasting edges is key) this masking film eats through xacto blades like crazy tho, went through probably 20 blades cutting out areas of coverage. clean hard edges were great, subtle and sharp rounded curves were very tedious. Didn't leave any residue on my work surface which was very convenient as well. all in all i'd buy it again, can't beat the price vs frisket and other current masking options. this product is intended for cricut stencil making but was acceptable for fine art application.

I really wanted to love this stencil vinyl, but the more I work with it, the more I hate it. Maybe user error, i don’t know pros: •it doesn’t pull splinters off wood when removing from project •it adheres nicely to wood and glass, doesn’t bleed •great for large stencil projects if you can find the right cut setting cons: •not easy to weed intricate details, the vinyl doesn’t stick to its backing so the small details you want to keep slide. •I struggle to find the right cut setting for this material on my machine. So far iron-on (mirror off) has been the best setting but not perfect. Sometimes I have to send it through twice but again those small details you want to keep slide around and it doesn’t cut through nicely in all areas. (new blade installed on machine). The weeding process is driving me crazy, taking way to long and ripping in places it didn’t cut all the way through. Will be trying a different brand.

Okay, I was looking for a stencil vinyl to cut with my Maker for reusable stencils to paint text on little succulent planters I make. I was getting the Vivvid brand to try out because it was the best price by far but I ordered Oracal bc it’s Oracal, right? You assume Oracal is a tried and true. Well, I ran one mat with both brands. I wasn’t sure about the cut settings and couldn’t find the thickness for either product so I just picked one. It went horribly wrong. The Oracal reviews about it lifting on the carrier are accurate. I had to use a scraper to flatten it back on the carrier sheet. The pressure was picking up the cut pieces and it jacked up the whole stencil! Top left is the Oracal from my first run. Granted, these are teeny tiny designs with a decent amount of detail. This Vivvid brand didn’t have any of those issues even with the pressure set too high. Determined not to quit, I paused the cut and Changed the material setting to Cricut stencil vinyl but I lost connection and had to start the mat completely over so it was cutting on top of already cut vinyl. That was a disaster but again, the Vivvid held up to my constant attacks! The bottom stencil is the Vivvid after all that abuse. Still set on not wasting the Oracal, I tried a brand new mat, used the Cricut vinyl setting, and also changed the pressure to less pressure. That seemed to do the trick and it came out great (top right) even with all those tiny cuts. But again, the Vivvid stayed down and cut well with multiple incorrect settings. It seemed to do the best on Cricut stencil setting with regular pressure. Even with the light pressure, the Vivvid wasn’t cut all the way through but it didn’t rip at all when I was trying to weed. The pieces that weren’t cut all the way tore easily away along the cut lines. Both brands stuck to and removed from my surfaces (used with concrete and glass) very easily and both prevented any bleeding under the stencils. Both also cleaned up easily with a quick rinse under water and both worked just as well after washing and reusing. All that being said, if you have the Oracal, it will work well as long as you can get the right pressure setting on your machine. If you’re looking for a brand to try, the Vivvid is a much better price, super consistent, and a ton less hassle!

I laid about, oh, a 4 by 3 or so foot area of this stuff. Cut well, no complaints, weeded well, no complaints, transferred easily. But my god, my GOD, did this "low tack" stuff STICK. It was on prepped car paint, I had painted the car a little over 3 weeks ago. It stuck so hard, that the in the couple of hours that the stencil was on there and I was finished painted, I was absolutely DELIGHTED in how it tore like masking tape that had been baking in the sun for months. I LOVED how it tore up chunks of the paint that I had laid last month! I was SO IMPRESSED that I just HAD to leave this review! Why did it stick so hard? Why? It was about 50 degrees F outside, nothing was amiss, the danged paint I just slung wasn't even cured enough to harm the removal of anything like masking tape- SO WHY DID IT STICK SO HARD? UPDATE: I used it more. Water based acrylic, is what causes it to become terribly brittle. Why? Why is the safest kind of acrylic paint the thing that causes it to become so brittle? What idiot designed this thing?