What Side Htv Goes On Mat

Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.

What side htv goes on mat. Because heat transfer vinyl is on the carrier sheet with the. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings. And all you do is put it shiny side down on your cutting mat. The shiny side goes down when your cutting.

Here is the same htv dull side it is easier to weed through the corner. Let s take a closer look. Shiny carrier sheet dull vinyl. Get through a corner of your htv like the picture above.

Preparation with cricut transfer tape. So if you ever find yourself flipping a piece of htv over from side to side wondering which way to put it on the mat. The clear carrier sheet is the shiny side. With regular htv it s usually really obvious which side is the vinyl and which side is the carrier sheet.

Once you ve got the design mirrored you re ready to cut out the iron on vinyl. When working with heat transfer vinyl the shiny side of the material always goes face down for cutting this shiny side is called the carrier it covers the face the colored side that will face out on the garment of the htv and holds the cut pieces in alignment during cutting and applying. Cut your design in reverse on the side that does not show the final color for some colors it i. But sometimes you can t tell.

Remember we are cutting on back side of the vinyl where the heat sensitive adhesive is. The vinyl side goes face up. Iron on heat transfer vinyl is made up of two layers the vinyl layer and the carrier sheet. If you re cutting easypatterns then the pattern side goes face down on your cutting mat and make sure to mirror your design.

Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear liner intact. Heat transfer vinyl is often called htv or t shirt vinyl. Now here is how to tell the 2 sides apart. But wait which side is shiny side down.

Whatever mat and machine you are using put your htv glossy side down onto your mat so you will be cutting on the matte side see image below. Htv trick 143 which side goes on the mat. Pretty much all designs on so fontsy can be cut on heat transfer vinyl or htv. The htv s top and left edges should run along the top and left edges of the grid on the mat as shown in the picture below.

Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. This process is called. Next place the heat transfer vinyl cut side facing up onto the mat so that the top left corner of the vinyl sheet fits into the top left corner of the grid on the mat. After cutting you can weed the excess and pick up your htv with the mask for heat application.

Which side of htv do you cut. However if your pattern htv comes with a clear mask then you ll cut pattern side up and do not mirror your artwork. If you are looking for a cricut design space tutorial on how to cut adhesive vinyl for hard goods check out this tutorial. Press flashing go button.

It is applied to clothing or other textiles with heat and pressure.