This beginner friendly tutorial will show you how to use heat transfer vinyl with your cricut explore or cricut maker to make some amazing shirts.
Heat transfer vinyl cricut instructions.
How to use heat transfer vinyl with your silhouette or cricut there are a few basic steps to working with heat transfer vinyl and i will walk you through each one.
Temperature and time to transfer vinyl to shirt.
If you are new to cricut i recommend reading my getting started with your cricut post.
Here s a link to all of the temperature settings if you are using the easypress machine.
For vinyl that has a textured finish such as glitter vinyl shimmer vinyl and true brushed vinyl.
Plus you can grab the mermaid svg i used for free.
C cricut iron on foil.
For contact with eyes immediately flush with water.
They are preparing your cut file cutting weeding and applying.
This leaves the adhesive side exposed to the blade and is the reason why cut files need to be mirrored or flipped horizontally when cut from htv.
Next use cricut s guide on the heat transfer vinyl to figure out the temperature setting and time to add to the vinyl.
For use with most vinyl types especially those with a smooth non textured finish.
Using heat transfer vinyl is one of the best parts about owning a cricut.
It s typically 350 degrees for 15 seconds.
How to iron on vinyl to shirt.
You can also read all about heat transfer vinyl here.
If you need help uploading an svg file into design space you can find my video and tutorial here.
Heat transfer vinyl is always cut with the shiny carrier side down on the mat.
How to use heat transfer vinyl with a cricut machine.
It comes in 12 x 19 pieces and is available in 13 different solid colors.
In case of skin irritation immediately wash skin with soap and water.
This tutorial will show you how to cut heat transfer vinyl using a cricut maker and cricut design space the free online design software that comes with all current cricut machines cricut explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker.