How to put iron on on the mat.
What side to i put down for iron on vinyl.
There is a layer of plastic that will be peeled away.
Iron over the back of the shirt or fabric for about 20 25 seconds.
With regular htv it s usually really obvious which side is the vinyl and which side is the carrier sheet.
Be careful not to let the logo get too far to the left as if wearing the shirt as it may end up in the armpit area.
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 want to find the shiny side as that is the side that has the liner.
Put the iron on vinyl shiny side down on the mat so you re cutting the back of the vinyl and not the carrier sheet.
So again that s shiny side down.
Place your vinyl vinyl side down onto the preheated area and flip over your shirt.
If you are ironing on to a pillow you can place a piece of a thin fabric over the vinyl.
Left chest heat transfer or cut vinyl placement on t shirts is similar to the way the design is placed on a polo shirt.
Take your weeding tool and scrape dig in the corner of the sheet.
Then position it plastic side down and vinyl side up the more dull less shiny side.
I still can t tell which side i cut iron on vinyl on.
First you will need to add your material to your cutting mat.
Pick a side of the sheet that you suspect might be the cut side e g the white side of the sheet of red htv.
So if you ever find yourself flipping a piece of htv over from side to side wondering which way to put it on the mat here s a simple trick to figure it out.
Cut on iron on vinyl setting.
Also it is why you put the shiny side down when you cut cricut iron on vinyl.
Choose the correct cut setting as different htv can be different thicknesses make some test cuts if you.
Mirror the image in the design program before cutting otherwise when you flip the vinyl the cut will be backwards.
It s the shinny side.
I prefer the blue mat for my cricut machine.
In the end if you re faced with two shiny sides the same color the slightly less shiny side is going to be the vinyl side.
Except that there is no buttons or placket to be able to determine how far down the logo should go.
It makes it really easy.
Shiny carrier sheet dull vinyl.
But sometimes you can t tell.
The iron on vinyl is put onto the roll carrier side out which means the side that curls down is the carrier side and the side that curls up is the vinyl side.