Transfer Paper Vinyl Tricks

Whether you are using a cricut silhouette or other cutting machine i will walk you through the process of using transfer tape or transfer paper with your adhesive vinyl decals and vinyl lettering in this written tutorial and video.

Transfer paper vinyl tricks.

The vinyl is old poor quality vinyl oracal vinyl is recommended. Once you have the transfer tape on use a scraper tool or an old gift card to scrape over the design to make sure the transfer tape is adhering to the vinyl nice and tight. There are a few tricks to getting a transfer lined up straight and centered on your garment. Vinyl works best on solid surfaces like plastic glass and painted wood.

I have a little trick that will help you get that vinyl off the backing sheet when it doesn t want to seem to stick to the transfer paper. Placing the transfer on straight. There can be a few reasons for why your vinyl isn t sticking to the transfer tape. Then slowly start to peel up your transfer tape at any corner.

The transfer tape will hold onto your design better than the backing paper making it easier when removing the negative vinyl. You can wipe down your surface with rubbing alcohol to make sure it is free from any dust or oils. How to layer adhesive vinyl onto transfer tape. It s actually easy to layer vinyl.

You can watch the video below to see how heat press pro matt goes about it. Learn everything you need to know about how to use transfer tape. If you notice your design is cut fine on one side of the sheet of vinyl but not so nicely on the other side it might be time to replace the cutting strip on your machine.