Can You Use Heat Press Vinyl With An Iron

If you are new to heat transfer vinyl please check out this post all about it to catch you up to speed.

Can you use heat press vinyl with an iron.

Iron on vinyl is a vinyl that uses heat and pressure to adhere to fabric or wood. Use a teflon sheet or piece of parchment paper just like with a press. Don t worry you can use a household iron to apply your heat transfer vinyl. You can use any of the cricut machines with heat transfer vinyl.

There is some tips that i will share to make it stick on and not peel up. On the explore series you can set your dial to iron on for cutting or on custom and pick from the list in cricut design space. As we said irons are an excellent choice for heat pressing newbies and beginners. You can use flat heat transfer vinyl but it may look a bit bumpy with the fleece underneath.

Using your iron or heat press press the material into place with a little bit less time than you normally would. You ll need either a home iron a heat press or an easypress to attach the vinyl. How we ironed it. 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.

They are also good if you are not doing many t shirt projects. Koozies tend to stick to the press when pulled up so using a teflon sheet or parchment paper will prevent this issue. Remove the iron or heat press let the plastic backing cool until it s warm and then test a small corner to ensure it has stayed in place. Yes using a heat press is easier and faster but it is possible to achieve a quality press with a household iron if you do it correctly.

Any iron on vinyl ordered from cricut. Heat transfer vinyl comes with heat. It may not be completely set but as you do more layers it will go more into place. Here are a few do s and don ts for using a household iron with htv.

For this project i used a mini iron. You can see it s all weeded and the carrier sheet is intact. I was so afraid of the plastic melting so i was super careful but the htv did stick to the acrylic. Use thicker textured vinyl materials.

Setting up an iron is also done very quickly. That s why i stick to materials with texture. But you can totally use an iron. Because plastic can melt i hit it with heat for only 4 5 seconds at a time.

You will use the fine point blade that comes with all machines. Iron on vinyl comes in a variety of colors finishes and sizes. Both look great and hold up well on fleece. If you re not sure how durable your acrylic is do a little test.

I ve used both flocked heat transfer vinyl and glitter iron on vinyl successfully. You don t need a heat press if you re not going to use it. A home iron can be used for koozies when set to medium temperature. Make sure your workspace is set up for pressing.

It was pretty heavy duty acrylic. Iron on vinyl is also known as heat transfer vinyl for this very reason.