Shiny Side Down For Iron On Vinyl

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Shiny side down for iron on vinyl.

Because heat transfer vinyl is on the carrier sheet with the adhesive side exposed it must be placed on the cutting mat with the shiny side down and cut in reversed. That means you need to take a few extra steps while preparing your design in cricut design space. With iron on vinyl there is a clear smooth sheet on one side this goes face down on the mat. Place iron on sheet shiny liner side down onto standardgrip mat.

It doesn t seem like it would be hard but it was a serious struggle. Cut on iron on vinyl setting. Load your heat transfer vinyl on your cutting mat with the shiny side down. It makes it really easy.

You want to do something called a kiss cut it will make everything loads easier especially if you have lots of small pieces like words or designs. The kiss cut should cut the top layer the vinyl while leaving the bottom layer the plastic more or less in tack. Adjust your machine settings according to the iron on kiss cut guide below a kiss cut goes through the iron on film and leaves the liner intact. That means you are putting the shiny transfer tape on the sticky mat surface.

Put your mat in the machine and load it in. Cut your design in reverse on the side that does not show the final color for some colors it i. Mirror the image in the design program before cutting otherwise when you flip the vinyl the cut will be backwards. Put the iron on vinyl shiny side down on the mat so you re cutting the back of the vinyl and not the carrier sheet.

Choose the correct cut setting as different htv can be different thicknesses make some test cuts if you. So again that s shiny side down. There is no transfer tape required with cricut iron on vinyl because it is already hooked onto the vinyl. One of the hardest parts when i first started cutting with iron on material was knowing which side to place down.

Htv comes with a shiny protective sheet on it. Be sure to mirror all images prior to cutting. Today we ll be showing you a surefire way to know which side of your heat transfer vinyl to cut. Select and size the image s you want to cut.

The iron on vinyl is put onto the roll carrier side out which means the side that curls down is the carrier side and the side that curls up is the vinyl side in the end if you re faced with two shiny sides the same color the slightly less shiny side is going to be the vinyl side. You can find a great chart for machine settings here. Also it is why you put the shiny side down when you cut cricut iron on vinyl.