How To Apply Heat Transfer Vinyl With Easy Press

I ll show you how to layer heat transfer vinyl using siser easyweed while making this sweet fox tee for my daughter.

How to apply heat transfer vinyl with easy press.

Siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl in desired color roll or sheet vinyl cutter roland gs 24 or similar. Layering heat transfer vinyl. To activate the adhesive on the heat transfer vinyl you need two things. Layering htv is an easy way to give dimension and color to your shirt designs.

To apply heat transfer vinyl start by heating a clothes iron to the temperature indicated on the vinyl s packaging. What can glitter iron on be applied to. If you are new to iron on io or also called heat transfer vinyl htv you are welcome to learn about the material here in my iron on basics post. This includes household irons the cricut easy press or a heat press.

Your vinyl may become sticky if you re using too much pressure and forcing the adhesive out the sides appears to be a clear halo around the vinyl. We ve been mostly using the powerpress machine for applying siser glitter htv because it s just a lot quicker and easier. Heat transfer vinyl is a quick fun and relatively easy way to apply a design to a wide range of fabrics. The process of applying heat transfer vinyl on wood is very similar to the process used to apply heat transfer vinyl to a t shirt or other fabric project so if you have ever worked with htv then you are going to rock this project.

While not all types of htv can be used as a base layer most standard varieties can be. If you use a lot of heat transfer vinyl then you may want to get a heat press or easy press down the road but for today we will just focus on using an iron. 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. How to apply heat transfer vinyl on wood.

I use the easypress 2 to adhere all of my iron on vinyl to my selected surfaces. Next lay your design onto the fabric shiny side up. Heat and pressure both of which we can get using an iron. Design hand drawn or computer generated fabric or garment preshrunk.

For this project you will need. You can apply glitter heat transfer vinyl to a ton of different surfaces. If you are just using one layer type of iron on i have detailed.