How To Use Heat Transfer Vinyl Sheets

But if the transfer sheet isn t sticky enough or you re piecing multiple layers together you can use heat resistant tape to tape down your design before pressing.

How to use heat transfer vinyl sheets.

Heat transfer vinyl has three layers. Please do not use the regular transfer tape with this product as you will have a huge mess. Iron on vinyl heat transfer vinyl 22pcs includes 16pcs assorted colors sheets and 6pcs glitter sheets for t shirts works christmas gifts for cricut silhouette cameo 10in x. The starcraft printable heat transfer vinyl for light materials does not need transfer tape as you are going to leave it on the backing paper.

Adjust cut settings and cut. Finally adjust your cut settings to work with the material you are using. The heat transfer can be done using a heat press machine a home iron or the recently released cricut easypress. This is the transfer tape that i used for my experiments.

To apply heat transfer vinyl start by heating a clothes iron to the temperature indicated on the vinyl s packaging. You will have had many t shirts and other garments with htv on it. This process will be a little bit different for every cutting machine but just make sure to choose the settings for the particular type of heat transfer vinyl you are using flocked htv will have very different settings from smooth htv for instance. Heat transfer vinyl or htv is a product that is applied to t shirts and other substrates by heat.

Joann goes over the basics of heat transfer vinyl in this video. A shiny carrier sheet the vinyl itself and the adhesi. The clear transfer sheet backing on heat transfer vinyl is slightly sticky and that s usually enough to hold your design in place while you press it. Then press the iron onto your design for 15 seconds move on to the next section and repeat until the entire image has been covered.