Heat Transfer Vinyl Plastic Side Up Or Down

I usually use a cutting mat because it helps stabilize the vinyl and prevent slipping.

Heat transfer vinyl plastic side up or down.

One is facing up and the other is facing down. Shirts bags aprons you name it. Both of these sheets are red htv. The dull side is the actual vinyl.

Now try to peel away the vinyl. Take rozzy crafts gold htv for example. 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.

Make sure you mirror image your design. I tried to take a picture of this but my camera couldn. It will transfer backwards from what you cut you want to cut with the shiny side of your vinyl down. The clear plastic side is the carrier sheet and it should always be face down when cutting facing your machine.

This is the side we want to cut on make sure to always place the shiny side down onto your cutting mat. We don t want to cut on this side. 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. Something to transfer your vinyl onto this can be anything.

Since red is the final color we know to cut on the white side. Heat and pressure both of which we can get using an iron. Start out by cutting your design. The shiny side is a clear plastic carrier sheet that holds the heat transfer vinyl in place.

If possible one that doesn t have a bunch of big steam holes on the bottom will work best but you can work with whatever you have at home. When cutting heat transfer vinyl you can cut with or without a cutting mat.