Heat Transfer Vinyl Plastic Side Up Or Down

The shiny side is a clear plastic carrier sheet that holds the heat transfer vinyl in place.

Heat transfer vinyl plastic side up or down.

Heat and pressure both of which we can get using an iron. The dull side is the actual vinyl. Shirts bags aprons you name it. Take rozzy crafts gold htv for example.

If possible one that doesn t have a bunch of big steam holes on the bottom will work best but you can work with whatever you have at home. I usually use a cutting mat because it helps stabilize the vinyl and prevent slipping. Here s a small piece of red siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl and i ve got it shiny side down as i cut out the vinyl on the corner. Make sure you mirror image your design.

For other colors however it is not as easy to tell which side is the final color and which side is not. If you use a lot of heat transfer vinyl then you may want to get a heat press or easy press down the road but for today we will just focus on using an iron. It is the adhesive side but only sticks with heat. The clear plastic side is the carrier sheet and it should always be face down when cutting facing your machine.

Since red is the final color we know to cut on the white side. Now try to peel away the vinyl. We don t want to cut on this side. One is facing up and the other is facing down.

It will transfer backwards from what you cut you want to cut with the shiny side of your vinyl down. Something to transfer your vinyl onto this can be anything. I tried to take a picture of this but my camera couldn. Both of these sheets are red htv.

When cutting heat transfer vinyl you can cut with or without a cutting mat. Get out your craft knife and make a small cut in the corner on the side you think is the vinyl side like this cut only through the vinyl not all the way through.