Tips For Ironing On Vinyl

I went over layering with each specific type of iron on above but wanted to quickly summarize it all for you.

Tips for ironing on vinyl.

I often use my cricut brayer to help press my vinyl into my mat particularly if my mat is on the older side. You can layer one layer on top of the base and it can be everyday iron on glitter iron on foil iron on holographic sparkle iron on and patterned iron on. Cricut machine i use the cricut explore air in this post but i also have a cricut. This makes it really easy to pull away any excess vinyl.

Pick your images or text. Place your htv on the warmed lower platen and the warmth will loosen up the adhesive on the pressure sensitive backing. How to use iron on vinyl step 1. If you look carefully at iron on vinyl there is a liner side and a vinyl side.

Watch how it s done in the video below. Only use everyday iron on as a bottom layer. Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f. The newer cricut machines work without physical cartridges and plug into your computer.

Place the iron on vinyl on the cricut standard grip cutting mat liner side down. The liner side should be the one placed down on the mat. Mirror flip the images or text. Place your iron on vinyl plastic side down on your cutting mat.

T shirt pillow or other fabric. Tips for layering iron on. It should grip your cutting mat and bring it into the machine. You can see the vinyl side up in this photo of heat transfer vinyl on a standard grip cutting mat.