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.
What do you need to transfer heat vinyl.
Once you learn how to use this medium you will be putting it on just about everything.
Because this is the iron on or heat transfer vinyl you need to make sure and mirror your image.
You can do that by clicking the slider by mirror on the left hand side under the thumbnail of the mat.
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.
When considering which vinyl cutting machine take the same approach as you would in buying a heat press.
How to use heat transfer vinyl.
Types of heat transfer vinyl.
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.
I like to do a lower heat and time and then like to do multiple passes over the mug.
Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f.
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.
Just scroll down to find the type of siser na that you re working with.
Unlike screen printing vinyl heat transfer allows you to print various colors.
Heat transfer vinyl is a quick fun and relatively easy way to apply a design to a wide range of fabrics.
Most types will work you may just need a little patience.
How to weed iron on vinyl.
The glass does have a higher chance of breaking when heated so you want to use caution.
After you transfer those shapes or designs into a garment.
What makes vinyl even more easy to weed is what siser calls the heat press trick.
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.
Now that your design is cut are you ready to learn how to use heat transfer vinyl for your projects.
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.
For this transfer you will need a heat press machine that allows you to print on off designs.
Vinyl heat transfer includes cutting small pieces of designs or shapes.
For this project you will need.
Select mirror left or mirror right.
Design hand drawn or computer generated fabric or garment preshrunk.
If you click on application instructions you ll find the heat transfer vinyl temperature and time information.
You may not even realize that you can add heat transfer vinyl to glass but you can.
You need to flip the heat transfer material to a mirror image before you cut.