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Heat transfer vinyl for cricut maker.
Use your cricut machine to cut the vinyl into intricate designs and shapes.
The vinyl can then be pressed onto clothing hats jackets pillows quilts and any other fabric based item.
This post explains how to put easypsv on a cutting mat.
If applied correctly htv can last forever through hundreds of washes.
Iron on vinyl or htv or heat transfer vinyl is a special vinyl that only sticks to the surface when the heat is applied unlike the adhesive vinyl.
Other companies call it heat transfer vinyl or htv.
Heat transfer vinyl also known as htv for short is a type of vinyl polymer that can be applied to a wide variety of materials by using heat.
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Applying heat transfer vinyl to the mat.
I selected iron on but there are options for glitter iron on foil iron on patterned iron on etc.
Attach any layers where the spacing of the images or text is important by selecting all the layers and then clicking the grey attach button at the bottom of the layers panel on the right.
Using heat transfer vinyl is one of the best parts about owning a cricut.
We offer four really great options in this category.
This vinyl is probably the most unique material on the market today.
Pressing it is where the magic happens.
Cutting the heat transfer vinyl open up cricut design space and create a brand new project with at least one image in it.
This leaves the adhesive side exposed to the blade and is the reason why cut files need to be mirrored or flipped horizontally when cut from htv.
After a 17 second press at 330 f this vinyl increases it s thickness 8 times over to about 500 microns.
What is heat transfer vinyl.
At only 60 microns before pressing this heat transfer vinyl will be a dream to cut with your cricut maker and weed.
Heat transfer vinyl is always cut with the shiny carrier side down on the mat.
This material has a sticky backing and only requires pressure to apply it no heat.
Easypsv however has different cutting directions.
Cricut calls the vinyl that you need to apply heat to in order for it to adhere to iron on vinyl.
When i selected the material the machine prompted me to insert the mat.
This beginner friendly tutorial will show you how to use heat transfer vinyl with your cricut explore or cricut maker to make some amazing shirts.