You have purchased htv heat transfer vinyl and now you are not sure which side to cut well let us help.
What side do you cut siser heat vinyl on.
When working with heat transfer vinyl the shiny side of the material always goes face down for cutting this shiny side is called the carrier it covers the face the colored side that will face out on the garment of the htv and holds the cut pieces in alignment during cutting and applying.
Smooth flocked glittery metallic printable even holographic.
Siser heat transfer vinyl is a special type of vinyl that can be applied to fabrics in just a few seconds using a heat press or an iron.
Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f.
Like regular vinyl heat transfer vinyl can come in individual sheets or large rolls.
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You send your siser heat transfer vinyl through the cutter and do a happy dance as you unload the material.
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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.
Now try to peel away the vinyl.
Sometimes that is pretty easy to determine and sometimes it may not be so easy.
As with any new vinyl or new machine before jumping straight to your main product you should do a test.
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.
Most cutting machines will be totally fine cutting flocked vinyl.
Pick a side of the sheet that you suspect might be the cut side e g the white side of the sheet of red htv.
Print cut press instructions.
You create a great design in cricut design space and decide it s destined to be on a t shirt.
1 create your design and add contour cut marks 2 load easysubli vinyl in your sg400 sublimation printer shiny side up print on textured side 3 print your design including contour cut marks onto the easysubli vinyl do not mirror.
What makes vinyl even more easy to weed is what siser calls the heat press trick.
You can find siser htv in a variety of colors and textures.
If you can get your tool under a layer of vinyl and pull it back then that s the side you should be cutting.
We use cricut cutting machines but you can also use a silhouette cameo 4 or brother sdx125 for example.
However if you re scraping digging the corner of your.
Your happy dance is cut short by groans of frustration when your htv does not weed easy sometimes the blade did not cut deep enough which results in parts of.
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Take your weeding tool and scrape dig in the corner of the sheet.
Place your htv on the warmed lower platen and the warmth will loosen up the adhesive on the pressure sensitive backing.
Mostly you will read that you cut the htv with the shiny side facing down.
The machine software will help you to choose the correct cut settings.
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