The only way we learn is by doing and i can promise you one thing you will mess up at some point.
Heat transfer vinyl to wood.
651 permanent vinyl.
Then cut your file using your vinyl cutting software weed it and press it on your wood.
Heat transfer vinyl adheres much better to a rougher piece of wood versus using adhesive sticky vinyl too.
Let me show you how to apply htv onto wood and share some other ideas of what heat transfer vinyl can be used for.
Because i cut it out mirrored it s right side up on the wood now.
So if you re trying to use siser easypsv or oracal permanent vinyl and having no luck you might want to change it up and try htv instead.
Types of wood you can use.
So if you ve been making t shirts for any length of time this htv project will be a piece of cake.
Htv will look more like paint once applied with heat while adhesive vinyl will have more of a sticker like glossy finish.
Putting the heat transfer vinyl on wood is a great project and the finished product is adorable.
I used my easy press to attach the heat transfer vinyl to.
Impressed vinyl white heat transfer vinyl cutting machine i used a silhouette cameo teflon sheet home iron.
We ll show you how to apply permanent vinyl to stained wood permanent vinyl to painted wood and heat transfer vinyl to wood.
I am using a wood slice in this example but you can even use painted wood with this tutorial.
How to iron vinyl onto a wood surface.
Also on a side note if you are nervous i want to encourage you to jump in and try anyway.
You can use either htv or adhesive vinyl for your wood project.
A piece of wood to try this on anything wooden will work like a wood slice wooden pallet wooden sign wooden coasters etc.
I am using the cricut brand of iron on.
Supplies used when ironing vinyl onto wood.
Heat transfer vinyl vs adhesive vinyl.
Which one you use usually depends on the look you re going for and the type of wood.
Any heat transfer vinyl should work for decorating wood really.
Process wise applying heat transfer vinyl to wood is very similar to that of applying heat transfer vinyl to a t shirt or other fabric project.
You might have a more difficult time getting something like glitter htv to stick.
How to apply heat transfer vinyl on wood.
There are so many different surfaces and materials for which you can apply heat transfer vinyl htv.
Types of heat transfer vinyl for wood.
Peel off the excess vinyl from around your design leaving behind the cut design on the transfer film.
The process of applying heat transfer vinyl on wood is very similar to the process used to apply heat transfer vinyl to a t shirt or other fabric project so if you have ever worked with htv then you are going to rock this project.