How To Use Iron On Vinyl Sheets

As always when it comes to vinyl cutting your first step will be to create your design.

How to use iron on vinyl sheets. Printable vinyl and sticker paper applies more like a sticker whereas you ll need a heat source like an iron cricut easypress or heat press for printable iron on vinyl as shown in this post. Cricut iron on instructions step 1. Place your iron on vinyl plastic side down on your cutting mat. Using a hot iron with no steam i use the hottest setting.

I placed the holographic vinyl on top of the leather and lined up the design in the correct position. I often use my cricut brayer to help press my vinyl into my mat particularly if my mat is on the older side. 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. To activate the adhesive on the heat transfer vinyl you need two things.

Carefully position your transfer image with the liner side up in the desired area. This is the most delicate step when learning how to use cricut iron on vinyl. Printable iron on is primarily used on fabric while printable vinyl sticker paper is best for smooth surfaces like glass plastic metal notebook covers and even paper. Arguably the most important step this is the little detail that so many people miss and end up.

Heat and pressure both of which we can get using an iron. The iron on process step 2. This mobile cabinet could be great for organizing sheets of heat transfer vinyl by category such as glitter htv flocked holographic etc as well as for organizing left over scraps of vinyl. You might be able to use small bits of vinyl to add small decals or branding to other shirts in the future.

I started to apply medium heavy pressure and left the iron on for about 15 30 seconds on each section. It should grip your cutting mat and bring it into the machine. To transfer iron on vinyl designs i have always just used parchment paper between the iron and the fabric. If possible one that doesn t have a bunch of big steam holes on the bottom will work best but you can work with whatever you have at home.

Insert the mat into the cricut and press the arrow button on your cricut. In this case it did not work. Iron over the back of the shirt or fabric for about 20 25 seconds. You can use pins to help hold the image in place to ensure that you achieve the straightest transfer possible and to mark your place.

If you are ironing on to a pillow you can place a piece of a thin fabric over the vinyl.