Heat Transfer Vinyl On Painted Canvas

Acrylic paint optional iron.

Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas.

The only exception to this is when you are using glitter vinyl it needs a super sticky transfer paper. Now that your canvas is prepped we are ready to stick on the vinyl. Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas. I am not going to go into creating a design for this project because the design that i chose was free from the internet.

Painting the canvas made a big difference. Cut and weed the heat transfer vinyl. The best part is that heat transfer vinyl is easy to add to a reverse canvas. Weeded and ready for placing on your canvas.

Ironing vinyl on a canvas. I do want to mention transfer paper really quick. I prefer to use clear contact paper to transfer my vinyl. My heat press has a 15x15 plate.

When using adhesive vinyl painting the surface is a must. You re going to need your heat press and or your iron warmed up. 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. 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.

But with a canvas there is a little give when you push on it and you want to be able to push firmly. In my experience htv is way better on canvas than adhesive vinyl. After several months i find that the adhesive vinyl will start to pull away from the canvas. The canvas i used was 24x18 so it fit perfectly on the plate and allowed the top plate to close down.

Now grab your canvas. It can be done. Go to your machine s design canvas workspace and create your design. Some of the transfer paper brands are entirely too sticky.

Want to see how. Applying the vinyl to the canvas. Since it transfers with heat the vinyl can melt into the canvas and adhere better. I had never tried using heat transfer vinyl on a canvas before i was missing out.