Heat Transfer Vinyl Plastic Side Up Or Down

The dull side is the actual vinyl.

Heat transfer vinyl plastic side up or down.

This is the side we want to cut on make sure to always place the shiny side down onto your cutting mat. The clear plastic side is the carrier sheet and it should always be face down when cutting facing your machine. I usually use a cutting mat because it helps stabilize the vinyl and prevent slipping. Since red is the final color we know to cut on the white side.

It will transfer backwards from what you cut you want to cut with the shiny side of your vinyl down. The shiny side is a clear plastic carrier sheet that holds the heat transfer vinyl in place. Now try to peel away the vinyl. Shirts bags aprons you name it.

We don t want to cut on this side. Here s a small piece of red siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl and i ve got it shiny side down as i cut out the vinyl on the corner. Make sure you mirror image your design. Both of these sheets are red htv.

Heat and pressure both of which we can get using an iron. If you use a lot of heat transfer vinyl then you may want to get a heat press or easy press down the road but for today we will just focus on using an iron. It is the adhesive side but only sticks with heat. If possible one that doesn t have a bunch of big steam holes on the bottom will work best but you can work with whatever you have at home.

When cutting heat transfer vinyl you can cut with or without a cutting mat. Something to transfer your vinyl onto this can be anything. Take rozzy crafts gold htv for example. Get out your craft knife and make a small cut in the corner on the side you think is the vinyl side like this cut only through the vinyl not all the way through.

Start out by cutting your design. For other colors however it is not as easy to tell which side is the final color and which side is not.