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.
Like regular vinyl heat transfer vinyl can come in individual sheets or large rolls.
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.
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.
Siser easysubli application instructions.
Cut with the carrier side down and the adhesive side up.
Sometimes that is pretty easy to determine and sometimes it may not be so easy.
If you can get your tool under a layer of vinyl and pull it back then that s the side you should be cutting.
You can find siser htv in a variety of colors and textures.
Print cut press instructions.
What makes vinyl even more easy to weed is what siser calls the heat press trick.
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.
Smooth flocked glittery metallic printable even holographic.
We use cricut cutting machines but you can also use a silhouette cameo 4 or brother sdx125 for example.
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.
You send your siser heat transfer vinyl through the cutter and do a happy dance as you unload the material.
It s happened to all of us.
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.
However if you re scraping digging the corner of your.
Siser with its history of excellence untiring research and infinite curiosity has brought you this far.
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.
To the guarantee of the very top quality reached thanks to 40 years of innovation and experience.
Mostly you will read that you cut the htv with the shiny side facing down.
Most cutting machines will be totally fine cutting flocked vinyl.
To the possibility of being able to express yourself freely choosing from 25 different products in a vast range of colours.
You create a great design in cricut design space and decide it s destined to be on a t shirt.
To the ease of creating your idea achieving the most beautiful.
Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f.
Here is a picture of a blue htv this is the shiny.
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.
