Heat Transfer Vinyl On Painted Canvas

Applying the vinyl to the canvas.

Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas.

In my experience htv is way better on canvas than adhesive vinyl. I think it was a beautiful addition to the wedding and it was such a sweet personal touch that didn t cost too much money. The whole canvas was dry in under an hour and paint could still be applied to it and holy of holy s the vinyl stuck. The best part is that heat transfer vinyl is easy to add to a reverse canvas.

Now that your canvas is prepped we are ready to stick on the vinyl. My heat press has a 15x15 plate. I am not going to go into creating a design for this project because the design that i chose was free from the internet. Weeded and ready for placing on your canvas.

Acrylic paint optional iron. So if you want a longer lasting canvas project i would use heat transfer vinyl on canvas. When using adhesive vinyl painting the surface is a must. Now grab your canvas.

But with a canvas there is a little give when you push on it and you want to be able to push firmly. You re going to need your heat press and or your iron warmed up. I prefer to use clear contact paper to transfer my vinyl. Some of the transfer paper brands are entirely too sticky.

I do want to mention transfer paper really quick. Ironing vinyl on a canvas. After several months i find that the adhesive vinyl will start to pull away from the canvas. I actually ended up using both and i ll explain why in a second.

Since it transfers with heat the vinyl can melt into the canvas and adhere better. Want to see how. Cut and weed the heat transfer vinyl. Since you re using heat transfer vinyl it s going to transfer with heat aka your iron or a heat press.

Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas. The only exception to this is when you are using glitter vinyl it needs a super sticky transfer paper. Go to your machine s design canvas workspace and create your design. Painting the canvas made a big difference.