Heat Transfer Vinyl On Mug Not Sticking

The dull side is the actual vinyl.

Heat transfer vinyl on mug not sticking.

You create a decal but when you go to pick it up with the transfer tape the vinyl refuses to release from the backing paper. I will say my favorite application method for the heat transfer vinyl on a mug was the mini iron. Your vinyl is not sticking to your transfer tape. The shiny side is a clear plastic carrier sheet that holds the heat transfer vinyl in place.

Your best option is to not pre wash garments. This is the side we want to cut on make sure to always place the shiny side down onto your cutting mat. Sometimes this can cause issues with heat transfer vinyl sticking. Htv or heat transfer vinyl is not intended to be used on ceramic glass mugs or any type of substrate other than something that will allow the htv to melt into it.

If you need shirts that won t shrink purchase preshrunk shirts to prevent it. Now if you are going to hand wash your mugs you can probably use either adhesive vinyl or heat transfer vinyl and any of the application methods mentioned. Transfer not sticking to the garment. This is why you need the heat to apply so typically htv is only going to work with a material.

If easyweed is heat pressed too long or pressed at too high of heat it will not stick to the garment. When too much pressing happens on a design it is almost as if the adhesive gets completely burned off. You create a decal but only some of the letters stick onto the transfer tape while the rest are left behind on the backing paper. It is the adhesive side but only sticks with heat.