Use a scraper to burnish transfer tape onto.
Help i don t have transfer tape for vinyl.
You want a few of the fibers to stick to the tape to make it less sticky for your vinyl.
After you trim your image it is time to apply the packing tape remember one important thing whatever is white will be transparent.
Don t forget leave your vinyl decal on the surface for a few minutes and allow the vinyl s adhesive to bond to the surface.
You will need heavy duty packing tape you can use regular but the heavy duty tape works better and is easier to work with scissors a burnisher you can purchase one or use a craft stick images of choice and your vessels.
Using a scraper tool rub back and forth to adhere the vinyl.
Next cut a piece of transfer tape that is big enough to cover your entire vinyl design.
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If you move too fast or are not careful the vinyl will not stay.
Be careful to encourage the vinyl to stay while the tape comes off.
This can either be the center or one end of your design.
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I have heard that people use the glad press and seal or clear contact paper.
I started with an area of tape that was not attached to the actual vinyl.
First you need to get ahold of some transfer tape.
On amazon you can purchase a 12in x 4ft roll for 7 99 that s about 2 00 per foot.
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Peel off the transfer tape backing and apply the transfer tape to the vinyl design.
I have found that cricut vinyl transfer tape works well.
Attach a small area of transfer tape to your design.
I very carefully peeled back the tape making sure it pulled the vinyl up with it.
Cricut transfer tape is what you use to transfer the vinyl image to whatever surface you re working with.
Carefully peel the tape off of the vinyl.
Transfer tape or stronggrip transfer tape see table above to choose the right one for your vinyl type scraper or other burnishing tool.
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First my very favorites are the clear transfer tapes from expressions vinyl i use both the regular clear and the grid transfer tape and both work wonderfully i like that these rolls do not have a paper backing so i can just peel it off the roll and straight onto my project.
If the vinyl doesn t come up press the tape back down a little and try again.
After about 10 20 minutes try to pull off the transfer tape again and see if you have better results.
You need to take your time here and really make sure you get it down flat without any bubble.
It seems kind of expensive.
Peel liner from transfer tape.