Heat Transfer Vinyl On Painted Canvas

Now that your canvas is prepped we are ready to stick on the vinyl.

Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas.

Painting the canvas made a big difference. I prefer to use clear contact paper to transfer my vinyl. Ironing vinyl on a canvas. Want to see how.

I think it was a beautiful addition to the wedding and it was such a sweet personal touch that didn t cost too much money. Applying the vinyl to the canvas. You re going to need your heat press and or your iron warmed up. Go to your machine s design canvas workspace and create your design.

So if you want a longer lasting canvas project i would use heat transfer vinyl on canvas. The only exception to this is when you are using glitter vinyl it needs a super sticky transfer paper. In my experience htv is way better on canvas than adhesive vinyl. My heat press has a 15x15 plate.

It can be done. When using adhesive vinyl painting the surface is a must. Since you re using heat transfer vinyl it s going to transfer with heat aka your iron or a heat press. I actually ended up using both and i ll explain why in a second.

The whole canvas was dry in under an hour and paint could still be applied to it and holy of holy s the vinyl stuck. I had never tried using heat transfer vinyl on a canvas before i was missing out. But with a canvas there is a little give when you push on it and you want to be able to push firmly. The canvas i used was 24x18 so it fit perfectly on the plate and allowed the top plate to close down.

Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas. Acrylic paint optional iron. I am not going to go into creating a design for this project because the design that i chose was free from the internet. The best part is that heat transfer vinyl is easy to add to a reverse canvas.

Weeded and ready for placing on your canvas. Since it transfers with heat the vinyl can melt into the canvas and adhere better. Some of the transfer paper brands are entirely too sticky. After several months i find that the adhesive vinyl will start to pull away from the canvas.