In this video we weed and transfer cricut adhesive foil and glitter vinyl to a wood sign.
Transferring vinyl to wood cricut.
Vinyl cut weeded and ready to transfer transfer tape or stronggrip transfer tape see table above to choose the right one for your vinyl type scraper or other burnishing tool.
Press firmly and be sure that the design has attached to the transfer tape.
Use a pressing cloth or teflon sheet to help protect the wood around your design.
Pick a design and cut out of heat transfer vinyl using your cricut machine.
If you are using regular adhesive vinyl you can use transfer tape for the vinyl.
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Iron each piece of vinyl on following the instructions from above on how to use iron on with wood.
Then slowly start to peel up your transfer tape at any corner.
This makes it permanent either on fabric or you guessed it wood.
Once you have the transfer tape on use a scraper tool or an old gift card to scrape over the design to make sure the transfer tape is adhering to the vinyl nice and tight.
Heat transfer vinyl isn t sticky itself but bonds to the material using a heat press or iron.
Htv on wood is a great solution if you want a special treatment like foil flock or glitter.
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For this small project i used blue painters tape to transfer a vinyl cut out from my cricut machine.
Apply the 651 vinyl as usual and then with a teflon sheet between your project and iron iron the decal for 10 15 seconds.
As you peel the vinyl should come off the backing with the transfer tape.
Weed the design by removing any excess vinyl.
Place your heat transfer vinyl face down on the mat.
Peel up the plastic liner when it s still slightly warm.
As always you will want to mirror your design and cut with the good or shiny side down on the mat.
Make the design by loading your vinyl onto the mat into the machine and pressing go.
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Make sure that the iron on has stuck before you move on.
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Here are a few tips and tricks for adding heat transfer vinyl to wood.
Use the time and temperature for the brand of.
Apply transfer tape to the front of the design.
Mirror your design in design space and then cut using your cricut.
Then weed away all excess htv.