Transfer Vinyl To Wood

Learn exactly how to iron on wood.

Transfer vinyl to wood.

Your vinyl isn t sticking to a wood surface. This heat transfer vinyl on wood method works perfect for hard to weed images because the sticky top layer helps to keep everything in place and you don t have to transfer it just flip and stick. You re going to love how amazing this process works. Cricut video below will walk you through the steps of applying iron on vinyl to wood and will show you my experiments with applying htv to painted and stained surfaces spoiler alert it works and working with specialty iron on vinyls like.

For the basics of applying 651 permanent vinyl refer to this. Mirror your design in design space and then cut using your cricut. Heat transfer vinyl on wood supplies. You can find this farm sweet farm design here.

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. Sometimes the vinyl s adhesive needs time to adhere to the surface a little better and bond. How to apply heat transfer vinyl to wood. As always you will want to mirror your design and cut with the good or shiny side down on the mat.

Using htv on wood is such an incredible process and you ll find lasts. Set temp to 300 degrees f preheat for 5 seconds apply heat firm pressure for 40 seconds peel off warm and enjoy. This is the step where we apply our vinyl. Use the time and temperature for the brand of iron on you are using.

The next step is to treat your wood. Here are a few tips and tricks for adding heat transfer vinyl to wood. The first thing i like to do is to paint the background of my wood. How to apply vinyl to wood craftables.

Use a pressing cloth or teflon sheet to help protect the wood around your design. Leave the transfer tape on after you apply your decal on the surface for about 10 15 minutes before you remove the tape. Place your heat transfer vinyl face down on the mat. You need to add some sort of coating or primer that the vinyl can grip to.

Pick a design and cut out of heat transfer vinyl using your cricut machine. We ve had huge success.