Glitter Vinyl Face Up Or Down

How to sublimate glitter heat transfer vinyl.

Glitter vinyl face up or down.

If you can use your sublimation system to decorate dark apparel and add metal flake effects it opens up a whole new market. When you first go to stick your glitter vinyl to your mat you may notice that is has a strong tendency to curl up on itself. Load mat into the machine. Whatever mat and machine you are using put your adhesive vinyl paper backing side down onto your mat so the colored vinyl side is facing up see image below.

Glitter vinyl is a bit stiffer than standard vinyl so you may need to take extra care to make sure your vinyl is firmly secured to your mat before you start cutting or else you risk your designs not cutting well. Glitter heat transfer vinyl siser glitter htv is a bit thicker so you have to use a custom setting to cut it. The iron on vinyl is put onto the roll carrier side out which means the side that curls down is the carrier side and the side that curls up is the vinyl side in the end if you re faced with two shiny sides the same color the slightly less shiny side is going to be the vinyl side. Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.

Remove cut design from cutting mat and add to your project. Select glitter cardstock from the list of materials if using a cricut explore machine turn smart set dial to custom. Htv glitter heat transfer vinyl sheet 21 pack 12 x 10 glitter iron on vinyl for t shirt starter htv bundle with accessories tweezers for cricut silhouette cameo 4 6 out of 5 stars 232 25 89 25. Place glitter cardstock onto lightgrip cutting mat.

Always do a test cut to verify settings. The process of using glitter or bling heat transfer film as a base for sublimation is similar to using enduratex sublitex but simpler. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.

Glitter vinyl rolls include a sheet of stronggrip transfer tape for use with glitter vinyl. Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle. This is usually rolled up with the vinyl and can be found near the center of the roll. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.

Regular heat transfer vinyl regular siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl htv can be cut using the iron on setting on the dial of the cricut explore. For my decal i decided to use expressions vinyl series 31 removable vinyl in bright berry.