Heat Transfer Vinyl Plastic Side Up Or Down

Both of these sheets are red htv.

Heat transfer vinyl plastic side up or down.

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. Heat and pressure both of which we can get using an iron. Start out by cutting your design. Take rozzy crafts gold htv for example.

Shirts bags aprons you name it. I tried to take a picture of this but my camera couldn. We don t want to cut on this side. Get out your craft knife and make a small cut in the corner on the side you think is the vinyl side like this cut only through the vinyl not all the way through.

The clear plastic side is the carrier sheet and it should always be face down when cutting facing your machine. One is facing up and the other is facing down. 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.

When cutting heat transfer vinyl you can cut with or without a 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. It is the adhesive side but only sticks with heat. Since red is the final color we know to cut on the white side.

I usually use a cutting mat because it helps stabilize the vinyl and prevent slipping. The shiny side is a clear plastic carrier sheet that holds the heat transfer vinyl in place. Make sure you mirror image your design. The dull side is the actual vinyl.

Now try to peel away the vinyl. 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.