Heat Transfer Vinyl Plastic Side Up Or Down

One is facing up and the other is facing down.

Heat transfer vinyl plastic side up or down.

To activate the adhesive on the heat transfer vinyl you need two things. It is the adhesive side but only sticks with heat. 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. We don t want to cut on this side.

Something to transfer your vinyl onto this can be anything. Since red is the final color we know to cut on the white side. When cutting heat transfer vinyl you can cut with or without a cutting mat. Make sure you mirror image your design.

I tried to take a picture of this but my camera couldn. This is the side we want to cut on make sure to always place the shiny side down onto your cutting mat. Heat and pressure both of which we can get using an iron. The dull side is the actual vinyl.

Take rozzy crafts gold htv for example. The shiny side is a clear plastic carrier sheet that holds the heat transfer vinyl in place. It will transfer backwards from what you cut you want to cut with the shiny side of your vinyl down. Shirts bags aprons you name it.

Start out by cutting your design. The clear plastic side is the carrier sheet and it should always be face down when cutting facing your machine. I usually use a cutting mat because it helps stabilize the vinyl and prevent slipping. For other colors however it is not as easy to tell which side is the final color and which side is not.

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. Both of these sheets are red htv.