Transferring Vinyl To Glass

Then cover the image with clear packing tape and smooth out any bubbles with the edge of a credit card.

Transferring vinyl to glass.

Clean your glass with rubbing alcohol or glass cleaner. Cut out your wording with whatever color vinyl you want weed it and then start putting the vinyl on glass part of your frame. Applying vinyl to glass. As many of you likely already know it s heat that activates the adhesive glue on htv.

Next cut out your image with scissors if there s any excess paper you don t want. Yrym ht clear vinyl transfer paper tape roll 12 x 50 ft w alignment grid application tape for silhouette cameo cricut adhesive vinyl for decals signs windows stickers 4 7 out of 5 stars 9 402 16 99 16. When the entire design is on the wine glass carefully remove the transfer tape and burnish the vinyl down again with a silhouette scraper. Use rubbing alcohol to clean plastic and glass surfaces.

Peel vinyl liner away from transfer tape and design. Make sure project surface is clean and dry. We ve had numerous people inquire about applying heat transfer vinyl htv to glass. You can tape a piece of graph paper or grid to the inside of your glass to help with alignment.

While i m looking at my computer i lay mine on top of the glass first to gauge where i want everything. If vinyl doesn t separate from the liner simply burnish liner back onto the vinyl and peel away again. Apply to project surface. You will also want to be sure to burnish well after application to ensure good adhesion.

If you are doing more than one wine glass pour all of the water into the next wine glass this will ensure that all of the designs on every wine glass are in the same spot so long as you don t spill any water while pouring. Once your image is ready to go soak it in warm water for 5 minutes. Shop all my amazon favorites here. To transfer an image onto glass start by printing out the image using a laser printer.

The vinyl will not come off the transfer tape and release onto the cup. If your vinyl is not releasing from the transfer tape then your transfer tape may be too sticky. That being said it s reasonable to conclude that htv will adhere to anything that conducts heat with exceptions to certain fibers and coated materials. Your vinyl isn t sticking to glass or metal surfaces.

If it s too sticky the vinyl will stay on the tape no matter what surface you are applying it to.