Heat Transfer Vinyl Plastic Side Up Or Down

Now try to peel away the vinyl.

Heat transfer vinyl plastic side up or down.

I tried to take a picture of this but my camera couldn. It will transfer backwards from what you cut you want to cut with the shiny side of your vinyl down. It is the adhesive side but only sticks with heat. If you use a lot of heat transfer vinyl then you may want to get a heat press or easy press down the road but for today we will just focus on using an iron.

Take rozzy crafts gold htv for example. This is the side we want to cut on make sure to always place the shiny side down onto your cutting mat. If possible one that doesn t have a bunch of big steam holes on the bottom will work best but you can work with whatever you have at home. When cutting heat transfer vinyl you can cut with or without a cutting mat.

Shirts bags aprons you name it. Both of these sheets are red htv. Make sure you mirror image your design. The clear plastic side is the carrier sheet and it should always be face down when cutting facing your machine.

Heat and pressure both of which we can get using an iron. The shiny side is a clear plastic carrier sheet that holds the heat transfer vinyl in place. Something to transfer your vinyl onto this can be anything. Here s a small piece of red siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl and i ve got it shiny side down as i cut out the vinyl on the corner.

One is facing up and the other is facing down. Start out by cutting your design. We don t want to cut on this side. For other colors however it is not as easy to tell which side is the final color and which side is not.

To activate the adhesive on the heat transfer vinyl you need two things. I usually use a cutting mat because it helps stabilize the vinyl and prevent slipping.