Transfer Paper Vinyl Tricks

Then slowly start to peel up your transfer tape at any corner.

Transfer paper vinyl tricks.

I have a little trick that will help you get that vinyl off the backing sheet when it doesn t want to seem to stick to the transfer paper. The vinyl is old poor quality vinyl oracal vinyl is recommended. Vinyl works best on solid surfaces like plastic glass and painted wood. The most basic way is to simply fold your t shirt in two to create a line showing you the midpoint.

You can watch the video below to see how heat press pro matt goes about it. There are a few tricks to getting a transfer lined up straight and centered on your garment. It s actually easy to layer vinyl. Whether you are using a cricut silhouette or other cutting machine i will walk you through the process of using transfer tape or transfer paper with your adhesive vinyl decals and vinyl lettering in this written tutorial and video.

Once you have the transfer tape on use a scraper tool or an old gift card to scrape over the design to make sure the transfer tape is adhering to the vinyl nice and tight. This will help ensure your vinyl sticks well. Placing the transfer on straight. The transfer tape will hold onto your design better than the backing paper making it easier when removing the negative vinyl.

As you peel the vinyl should come off the backing with the transfer tape. If you notice your design is cut fine on one side of the sheet of vinyl but not so nicely on the other side it might be time to replace the cutting strip on your machine. Learn everything you need to know about how to use transfer tape.