How To Make Vinyl T Shirt Transfers

For glitter vinyl we need the press to be at 325 degrees fahrenheit medium high pressure and we will press for 10 seconds.

How to make vinyl t shirt transfers.

Single layer vinyl with a heat press set your heat press temperature to 305 f. You can peel it hot warm or cold. A design is cut into the htv with a cutting machine i prefer cricut cutting machines for craft use. Using the directions from the vinyl package iron the vinyl on to make your diy t shirt transfer.

Allow the design to cool for 45 seconds. Perhaps the most common way to make you own heat transfers is with heat transfer vinyl. Using your heat press or home iron press the design firmly for 20 25 seconds for each area. Lay your base layer on your shirt sticky side down.

Alternatively print your image on paper and then use artists tape to tape down the paper to the vinyl and the vinyl to your work surface. After your design is placed perfectly on your shirt grab your teflon sheet and place it over the design. But let s go ahead and assume that decorated t shirts will continue to reign supreme as some of the most popular items to spend money on and you want a piece of the t shirt industry pie. In either case you ve probably wondered how the t shirt vinyl process works and what you need to get started decorating apparel.

It seems super hard but really once you do it once you ll want to keep. Iron the vinyl on place your vinyl design where you want it with the pretty side up and cover with a thin cloth to protect your iron i used a pillow case. There are tens of thousands of free cut files that you can choose from. You may need to cut the vinyl sheet down to the size of printer paper.

For simplicity s sake this article will deal with cad cuttable t shirt transfers otherwise known as t shirt vinyl or heat press vinyl. Make sure your image prints on the back the dull side of your vinyl. We re here to give you the scoop. Lift your iron and remove the teflon sheet.

Since we are doing multiple layers on this shirt and not pressing the elements all at once we will only press the bottom layers for 1 2 seconds to tack them down. Today i am showing you how to use heat transfer vinyl on a t shirt.