I decided to grab one a spare piece of wood and create a cute phases of the moon decorative display.
Heat press vinyl onto wood.
Both kinds of vinyl are best cut with a cutting machine.
If you were interested in that first option check out our cricut stencil vinyl project adhesive vinyl and htv are similar but you.
To find the appropriate setting you can use this handy guide that lists all the times and temperatures to press onto many surfaces.
There are a few different ways you can decorate wood signs using vinyl.
I didn t do complete step by step because the process is quite simple.
How to apply heat transfer vinyl on wood.
I don t have a photo of the stick on vinyl on wood but here s a photo of it on the wall above from this post so you can kind of see what i mean about the shine.
Vinyl on wood.
Heat transfer vinyl from expressions vinyl i tried smooth and glitter both awesome affiliate link weeding tool.
The process of applying heat transfer vinyl on wood is very similar to the process used to apply heat transfer vinyl to a t shirt or other fabric project so if you have ever worked with htv then you are going to rock this project.
Apply the design to the wood.
Use stencil vinyl create a stencil and then paint the design on wood.
Turn on your easypress and set it to the proper wood setting for iron on vinyl download a heat settings chart here 300 and 40 seconds.
Before we get into the how to please note it is very important that you test before you start a large project.
But what about wood.
Permanent adhesive vinyl today s project.
With htv iron on heat apply a design onto wood.
Turns out with a little bit of gumption and know how you can press htv on wood.
Heat transfer vinyl isn t just for fabrics anymore.
If your vinyl isn t slightly melted into the wood give it a 15 second press at a time to help it along.
Iron on cotton setting.
I used my easy press to attach the heat transfer vinyl to the wood.
Normally i don t use a pressing cloth but i decided to once i found that my wood was just ever so slightly bowed.
Virginia will even destress her signs a bit using sandpaper on the heat transfer vinyl and it looks amazing.
Because i cut it out mirrored it s right side up on the wood now.
Pillows kitchen towels hats capes dresses the list goes on and on.
When applying any htv to a wood surface you will use a temperature of 300 f.
How to get vinyl to stick to wood using heat this may seem counterintuitive but applying oracal 651 on wood using heat can make the decal look like paint on wood.
All woods are not created equal and some might absorb heat more than others and affect the length of time you need to press them for.
Craft vinyl cutter i used the cricut air 2 heat press or household iron i used our pink craft heat press getting started you first want to find your project inspiration or decide what you re going to create.