Heat Transfer Vinyl Plastic Side Up Or Down

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.

Heat transfer vinyl plastic side up or down.

Since red is the final color we know to cut on the white side. 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. I tried to take a picture of this but my camera couldn. Now try to peel away the vinyl.

Both of these sheets are red htv. It will transfer backwards from what you cut you want to cut with the shiny side of your vinyl down. The shiny side is a clear plastic carrier sheet that holds the heat transfer vinyl in place. We don t want to cut on this side.

When cutting heat transfer vinyl you can cut with or without a cutting mat. The clear plastic side is the carrier sheet and it should always be face down when cutting facing your machine. For other colors however it is not as easy to tell which side is the final color and which side is not. To activate the adhesive on the heat transfer vinyl you need two things.

It is the adhesive side but only sticks with heat. Something to transfer your vinyl onto this can be anything. The dull side is the actual vinyl. One is facing up and the other is facing down.

Here s a small piece of red siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl and i ve got it shiny side down as i cut out the vinyl on the corner. Make sure you mirror image your design. Take rozzy crafts gold htv for example. Shirts bags aprons you name it.

Heat and pressure both of which we can get using an iron. I usually use a cutting mat because it helps stabilize the vinyl and prevent slipping.