How To Apply Heat Transfer Vinyl With Cricut Heat Press

If possible one that doesn t have a bunch of big steam holes on the bottom will work best but you can work with whatever you have at home.

How to apply heat transfer vinyl with cricut heat press.

Now you have your material on your mat and your design mirrored it is time to cut. Place cricut easypress on then press cricut button to start timer. Before removing liner refer to the cricut heat guide to determine the peel temperature warm or cool. Lay your base layer on your shirt sticky side down.

Use the heat press with firm pressure for 10 15 seconds. Flip shirt over and press backside for 10 15 seconds. Peel up plastic backing from vinyl. You will use the fine point blade that comes with all machines.

Lay a teflon sheet teatowel or pillowcase over the design. You can use any of the cricut machines with heat transfer vinyl. Hold cricut easypress in place and apply recommended pressure until it beeps. Set your heat press temperature to 305 f.

Flip base material and heat back side of design for recommended time. If you use a lot of heat transfer vinyl then you may want to get a heat press or easy press down the road but for today we will just focus on using an iron. I find that warming up the fabric gets rid of any moisture and makes the heat transfer vinyl stick better. Apply the vinyl to the craft base or blank.

I like to pre heat my shirts and other blanks before applying the heat transfer vinyl. How to cut heat transfer vinyl on a cricut. If you re using an easypress you can check the cricut heat guide to find the correct temperature pressure and time settings for your project.