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.
Do i need transfer tape for all vinyl.
Peel off the transfer tape backing and apply the transfer tape to the vinyl design.
Place transfer tape sheet on top of the design.
You need the high heat transfer tape for the htv of which we send with it or you can re use the cover sheets from regular htv.
Once your graphic has been completely removed from the.
Transfer tape or stronggrip transfer tape see table above to choose the right one for your vinyl type scraper or other burnishing tool.
Htv has a clear plastic carrier sheet that covers the top of the vinyl and the other side is where the heat sensitive adhesive is it is not sticky or tacky to the touch.
For the adhesive vinyl any regular transfer tape will work.
This can either be the center or one end of.
We often use cricut transfer tape for vinyl projects not because it s necessarily the best but just because we picked up a lot of it.
I think transfer tape is all about personal preference.
Transfer tape is essentially for all regular adhesive vinyl.
Once it is well adhered remove your transfer tape covered graphic from the release liner by starting at one edge corners are best and pulling back at a 90 degree angle.
So if you are having trouble picking up the vinyl from the backing sheet try a strong grip transfer tape instead.
Indoor vinyl outdoor vinyl stencil vinyl chalkboard vinyl adhesive foil glitter vinyl pretty much all adhesive vinyl is simple to transfer using transfer tape.
It is the same process for both.
How to use transfer tape with silhouette or cricut vinyl learn everything you need to know about how to use transfer tape.
Don t use transfer tape with printable adhesive vinyl.
Attach a small area of transfer tape to your design.
First you need to get ahold of some transfer tape.
The reason that you need to mirror your design when working with heat transfer or iron on vinyl you cut the design on the back side of the vinyl.
It always does the job it s supposed to and is easy to use.
Next cut a piece of transfer tape that is big enough to cover your entire vinyl design.
But there s an exception to this.
Using a scraper tool rub back and forth to adhere the vinyl.
Peel liner from transfer tape.
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.
I have found that cricut vinyl transfer tape works well.
Then slowly start to peel up your transfer tape at any corner.
This depends on the type of vinyl it is.
As you peel the vinyl should come off the backing with the transfer tape.
There are a wide variety of brands of transfer tape on the market.
There are many who complain about cricut transfer tape but we haven t had any issues with it at all.
Vinyl cut weeded and ready to transfer.