Before you apply your image to your shirt make sure and iron the shirt first to remove any wrinkles and prepare the garment.
Transferring vinyl to shirt.
Unfortunately smooth htv is very thin and gets easily stretched so it does not hold up to getting cut and pulled off adhesive sheets multiple times.
If you want to use heat transfer vinyl to customize your t shirts and other items but don t have the cash to invest in a heat press machine you can turn to your household iron to help you do the job.
Now that you know how to use heat transfer vinyl to make a simple t shirt you might want to try out some more advanced htv techniques.
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Learn the knockout technique for layering heat transfer vinyl without extra thickness.
Next position the vinyl on the shirt with.
The vinyl won t have the clear backing so you ll stick it directly to your cutting mat and use transfer paper to get it onto your t shirt.
The iron alternative is easy fast and produces quality long lasting results just like the heat press machine itself.
Your best option is to not pre wash garments.
Iron on vinyl is a special type of vinyl that has a heat sensitive adhesive that will stick to fabric and other surfaces when pressed down with a heat source like an iron or an easypress.
Fabric softener actually sticks in between the fibers of the shirt the same fibers you re trying to get the adhesive or glue to stick in.
Here s a link to all of the temperature settings if you are using the easypress machine.
Most vinyl transfers require a very hot iron setting to adhere the vinyl so be sure to read the heat transfer vinyl s instructions before ironing.
Did you pre wash the shirt with fabric softener.
Ironing the vinyl transfer.
Learn how to apply heat transfer vinyl to wood.
Sometimes this can cause issues with heat transfer vinyl sticking.
This video is part of the vinyl basics series created by daily craft vinyl.
For our shirts we ll be working with iron on vinyl also known as heat transfer vinyl or htv.
Next use cricut s guide on the heat transfer vinyl to figure out the temperature setting and time to add to the vinyl.