Vinyl heat transfer includes cutting small pieces of designs or shapes.
What do you need to transfer heat vinyl.
Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f.
First you will need to weed away all of the excess from around your design.
Select mirror left or mirror right.
When considering which vinyl cutting machine take the same approach as you would in buying a heat press.
Place your htv on the warmed lower platen and the warmth will loosen up the adhesive on the pressure sensitive backing.
When you click the slider it will show solid green on the left and a circle on the right of the slider as well as the mat will show the.
And from there if you click on the view complete application instructions you ll get even more information like what types of material the htv will adhere to.
Design hand drawn or computer generated fabric or garment preshrunk.
Now that your design is cut are you ready to learn how to use heat transfer vinyl for your projects.
How to use heat transfer vinyl.
Types of heat transfer vinyl.
Unlike screen printing vinyl heat transfer allows you to print various colors.
Depending on the size of your heat transfer vinyl and the anticipated volume of your production you ll want to invest in a durable long lasting vinyl cutter that can withstand the amount of orders you need to fulfill on a daily basis.
Because this is the iron on or heat transfer vinyl you need to make sure and mirror your image.
The glass does have a higher chance of breaking when heated so you want to use caution.
When you load your design to the silhouette s studio software click the graphic button and hit the replicate icon located at the bottom of the toolbar.
How to weed iron on vinyl.
Siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl in desired color roll or sheet vinyl cutter roland gs 24 or similar.
I like to do a lower heat and time and then like to do multiple passes over the mug.
For this transfer you will need a heat press machine that allows you to print on off designs.
Most types will work you may just need a little patience.
If you click on application instructions you ll find the heat transfer vinyl temperature and time information.
After you transfer those shapes or designs into a garment.
Just scroll down to find the type of siser na that you re working with.
Once you learn how to use this medium you will be putting it on just about everything.
Htv has a clear plastic carrier sheet that covers the top of the vinyl and the other side is where the heat sensitive adhesive is it is not sticky or tacky to the touch.
The reason that you need to mirror your design when working with heat transfer or iron on vinyl you cut the design on the back side of the vinyl.
Cutting the heat transfer vinyl.
You need to flip the heat transfer material to a mirror image before you cut.
What makes vinyl even more easy to weed is what siser calls the heat press trick.
Heat transfer vinyl is a quick fun and relatively easy way to apply a design to a wide range of fabrics.