Heat Transfer Vinyl On Painted Canvas

When using adhesive vinyl painting the surface is a must.

Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas.

Cut and weed the heat transfer vinyl. Now that your canvas is prepped we are ready to stick on the vinyl. You re going to need your heat press and or your iron warmed up. Painting the canvas made a big difference.

In my experience htv is way better on canvas than adhesive vinyl. I am not going to go into creating a design for this project because the design that i chose was free from the internet. Since it transfers with heat the vinyl can melt into the canvas and adhere better. I actually ended up using both and i ll explain why in a second.

But with a canvas there is a little give when you push on it and you want to be able to push firmly. Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas. The only exception to this is when you are using glitter vinyl it needs a super sticky transfer paper. I prefer to use clear contact paper to transfer my vinyl.

Want to see how. Go to your machine s design canvas workspace and create your design. It can be done. I had never tried using heat transfer vinyl on a canvas before i was missing out.

The best part is that heat transfer vinyl is easy to add to a reverse canvas. I think it was a beautiful addition to the wedding and it was such a sweet personal touch that didn t cost too much money. Some of the transfer paper brands are entirely too sticky. Ironing vinyl on a canvas.

Since you re using heat transfer vinyl it s going to transfer with heat aka your iron or a heat press. After several months i find that the adhesive vinyl will start to pull away from the canvas. The whole canvas was dry in under an hour and paint could still be applied to it and holy of holy s the vinyl stuck. Weeded and ready for placing on your canvas.

Acrylic paint optional iron. Applying the vinyl to the canvas. I do want to mention transfer paper really quick. My heat press has a 15x15 plate.