Heat Transfer Vinyl On Painted Canvas

In my experience htv is way better on canvas than adhesive vinyl.

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. I am not going to go into creating a design for this project because the design that i chose was free from the internet. 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 canvas i used was 24x18 so it fit perfectly on the plate and allowed the top plate to close down. Now grab your canvas. After several months i find that the adhesive vinyl will start to pull away from the canvas. The best part is that heat transfer vinyl is easy to add to a reverse canvas.

My heat press has a 15x15 plate. Now that your canvas is prepped we are ready to stick on the vinyl. Cut and weed the heat transfer vinyl. Some of the transfer paper brands are entirely too sticky.

Ironing vinyl on a canvas. Acrylic paint optional iron. Want to see how. I prefer to use clear contact paper to transfer my vinyl.

Painting the canvas made a big difference. I do want to mention transfer paper really quick. 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. 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. I had never tried using heat transfer vinyl on a canvas before i was missing out. You re going to need your heat press and or your iron warmed up. So if you want a longer lasting canvas project i would use heat transfer vinyl on canvas.

Applying the vinyl to the canvas. It can be done. Go to your machine s design canvas workspace and create your design. Weeded and ready for placing on your canvas.