Heat Transfer Vinyl On Painted Canvas

I had never tried using heat transfer vinyl on a canvas before i was missing out.

Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas.

Since you re using heat transfer vinyl it s going to transfer with heat aka your iron or a heat press. Weeded and ready for placing on your canvas. When using adhesive vinyl painting the surface is a must. Acrylic paint optional iron.

I am not going to go into creating a design for this project because the design that i chose was free from the internet. My heat press has a 15x15 plate. The only exception to this is when you are using glitter vinyl it needs a super sticky transfer paper. It can be done.

I think it was a beautiful addition to the wedding and it was such a sweet personal touch that didn t cost too much money. So if you want a longer lasting canvas project i would use heat transfer vinyl on canvas. Go to your machine s design canvas workspace and create your design. Now grab your canvas.

The best part is that heat transfer vinyl is easy to add to a reverse canvas. Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas. I prefer to use clear contact paper to transfer my vinyl. I do want to mention transfer paper really quick.

But with a canvas there is a little give when you push on it and you want to be able to push firmly. Since it transfers with heat the vinyl can melt into the canvas and adhere better. In my experience htv is way better on canvas than adhesive vinyl. Applying the vinyl to the canvas.

You re going to need your heat press and or your iron warmed up. Want to see how. The whole canvas was dry in under an hour and paint could still be applied to it and holy of holy s the vinyl stuck. Ironing vinyl on a canvas.

Cut and weed the heat transfer vinyl. After several months i find that the adhesive vinyl will start to pull away from the canvas. I actually ended up using both and i ll explain why in a second. The canvas i used was 24x18 so it fit perfectly on the plate and allowed the top plate to close down.