Heat Transfer Vinyl On Mugs With Iron

Vinyl comes in two different forms which are known as adhesive and heat transfer vinyl hva.

Heat transfer vinyl on mugs with iron.

To activate the hva you will need to use some source of heating equipment like iron or in this case a heat press machine. So we thought about it a bit and decided to try putting one of the mugs made with foil iron on in a 300 degree oven for about 20 minutes. The metal sign gets hot so use extra caution when using iron on with metal. I will say my favorite application method for the heat transfer vinyl on a mug was the mini iron.

Heat transfer vinyl is vinyl that is applied with heat. Now there is also the easypress mini that will work great for projects like these. The heat transfer can be done using a heat press machine a home iron or the recently released cricut easypress. Heat transfer vinyl is also known as htv or iron on vinyl.

Solid color mugs metallic gold heat transfer vinyl craft mini iron or regular iron towel silhouette cutting machine cut fileappropriately size and cut your hug in a mug file out of glitter or foil htv and weed the design. And that was it. Sublimation paper for heat transfer onto shirts ceramic mugs works with all inkjet printers 8 5x11 in. You will have had many t shirts and other garments with htv on it.

I set the temperature to 300 degrees and pressed for 40 seconds allowed it to cool for a few minutes and repeated the process once more. The mugs then survived the dishwasher with flying colors. There are even mini heat presses for smaller items. Htv is often used on fabric such as t shirts but it can also be used on glass wood and so many other surfaces.

110 sheets 125 gsm 3 9 out of 5 stars 11 18 99 18. We are experimenting with permanent vinyl and iron on and adding it to some mugs. Which will win in our tests. Affiliate links below to the products i use and recommend ceramic coffee mug i used these mugs heat transfer vinyl i used black gold glitter silhouette cameo or scissors or an x acto knife if you have super steady hands an iron.

Let s get after it shall we for this project you will need. Which is best for you to use on your projects. Diy glittery heat transfer vinyl mug. Heat transfer vinyl or htv is a product that is applied to t shirts and other substrates by heat.

Let s check it out. We had our formula for success. Now if you are going to hand wash your mugs you can probably use either adhesive vinyl or heat transfer vinyl and any of the application methods mentioned. I used my cricut maker to cut out the top portion of the text from iron on heat transfer vinyl weeded the excess and used the easypress to iron the design on to the metal.