Heat Transfer Vinyl On Painted 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.

Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas. Ironing vinyl on a canvas. Cut and weed the heat transfer vinyl. 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.

You re going to need your heat press and or your iron warmed up. I actually ended up using both and i ll explain why in a second. It can be done. Applying the vinyl to the canvas.

I do want to mention transfer paper really quick. Go to your machine s design canvas workspace and create your design. Now grab your canvas. So if you want a longer lasting canvas project i would use heat transfer vinyl on canvas.

Since it transfers with heat the vinyl can melt into the canvas and adhere better. In my experience htv is way better on canvas than adhesive vinyl. The canvas i used was 24x18 so it fit perfectly on the plate and allowed the top plate to close down. Some of the transfer paper brands are entirely too sticky.

Want to see how. Now that your canvas is prepped we are ready to stick on the vinyl. My heat press has a 15x15 plate. I had never tried using heat transfer vinyl on a canvas before i was missing out.

Weeded and ready for placing on your canvas. The best part is that heat transfer vinyl is easy to add to a reverse canvas. I am not going to go into creating a design for this project because the design that i chose was free from the internet. Acrylic paint optional iron.

Heat transfer vinyl on painted 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. But with a canvas there is a little give when you push on it and you want to be able to push firmly. After several months i find that the adhesive vinyl will start to pull away from the canvas.