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.
Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas. Now grab your canvas. You re going to need your heat press and or your iron warmed up. Since you re using heat transfer vinyl it s going to transfer with heat aka your iron or a heat press. The best part is that heat transfer vinyl is easy to add to a reverse canvas.
Go to your machine s design canvas workspace and create your design. The only exception to this is when you are using glitter vinyl it needs a super sticky transfer paper. Ironing vinyl on a canvas. So if you want a longer lasting canvas project i would use heat transfer vinyl on canvas.
I had never tried using heat transfer vinyl on a canvas before i was missing out. I do want to mention transfer paper really quick. After several months i find that the adhesive vinyl will start to pull away from the canvas. Want to see how.
Cut and weed the heat transfer vinyl. I actually ended up using both and i ll explain why in a second. My heat press has a 15x15 plate. I prefer to use clear contact paper to transfer my vinyl.
I am not going to go into creating a design for this project because the design that i chose was free from the internet. Since it transfers with heat the vinyl can melt into the canvas and adhere better. The canvas i used was 24x18 so it fit perfectly on the plate and allowed the top plate to close down. But with a canvas there is a little give when you push on it and you want to be able to push firmly.
Weeded and ready for placing on your 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. It can be done.
When using adhesive vinyl painting the surface is a must. Painting the canvas made a big difference. In my experience htv is way better on canvas than adhesive vinyl. Some of the transfer paper brands are entirely too sticky.