As you can easily see from this guide the process is quite easy and fast even for absolute beginners.
Applying heat transfer vinyl with iron.
Too hot and you will melt the carrier sheet and vinyl.
Then press the iron onto your design for 15 seconds move on to the next section and repeat until the entire image has been covered.
Heat transfer vinyl htv or iron on is perhaps the most popular type of iron on transfer.
Before i get into how to apply iron on let me share with you the different types of iron on heat transfers and tell you a little bit about them.
To apply heat transfer vinyl start by heating a clothes iron to the temperature indicated on the vinyl s packaging.
Once the iron on vinyl has been properly applied it is ready for wearing using and laundering.
As you can easily see from this guide the process is quite easy and fast even for absolute beginners.
I ve played around with scrap iron on vinyl and found that my sweet spot is right in between the 3 and 4.
Applying htv with an iron success part 2 for those of you who saw our last blog you know that we attempted to apply 4 different htv s siser easyweed mint hotmark revolution red thermoflex plus kelly green and turbo low temp white with the use of a hand iron.
It can easily be pressed onto a t shirt with an ordinary household iron though a heat press machine is better if you are thinking of.
Next lay your design onto the fabric shiny side up.
That s how you apply heat transfer vinyl to various items with your household iron.
Heat transfer vinyl.
The carrier sheet is a little sticky so you can place it on your project and it stays put.