In this post we go over your most common questions about vinyl iron on for cricut and other machines can benefit too as well as answering some questions about the easypress 2.
Cricut iron on vinyl what side down to print.
You can see the vinyl side up in this photo of heat transfer vinyl on a standard grip cutting mat.
The liner side should be the one placed down on the mat.
Place iron on sheet liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat.
Select everyday iron on from the list of materials.
For iron on vinyl you want to get the mirror image it s not important unless you have text or an image you need to face a certain direction.
Cricut foil iron on vinyl is available in 12 different colors and can be used with all cricut cutters.
To prevent bubbles start in the center and move out toward the edges.
Put your mat in the machine and load it in.
Make sure the materials are set to everyday iron on and that you have mirrored the image this will cut it out backwards like it s supposed to.
If using smart iron on with cricut joy it may be loaded into the machine without a mat.
The cricut can cut a maximum width of 12 so i had to cut my vinyl down by hand to make it fit on the mat.
Gently place the transfer tape adhesive side down over the images.
As mentioned above adhesive vinyl has a sticky back.
A bit of a pain in the rear make sure you re buying 12 vinyl when you re shopping.
If using a cricut explore machine turn smart set dial to custom.
It comes in a roll measuring 12 inches tall by 24 inches wide.
Another popular niche in the cricut iron on game is foil htv ideal if you re looking for something a little shiny and different but don t want to go the whole hog with glitter.
Let me tell you it s not a matter of if but when you go to cut and you ve forgotten to flip your images so i highly recommend just getting into the habit of that whenever you have an iron on vinyl project whether it s necessary or not.
Notice how it s curled down.
With iron on vinyl there is a clear smooth sheet on one side this goes face down on the mat.
If you look carefully at iron on vinyl there is a liner side and a vinyl side.
Place the iron on vinyl on the cricut standard grip cutting mat liner side down.
Use a craft stick or scraper found in the cricut tool kit to burnish rub or polish the tape onto the vinyl.
One of the hardest parts when i first started cutting with iron on material was knowing which side to place down.
Load it into the machine and cut your design.
Take cricut sportflex white iron on vinyl for example which is shiny on both sides.
It doesn t seem like it would be hard but it was a serious struggle.
And here s the vinyl side of the cricut sportflex white iron on vinyl look closely and you ll see it s ever so slightly less shiny.
How is adhesive vinyl different than iron on vinyl htv.
