Next place the heat transfer vinyl cut side facing up onto the mat so that the top left corner of the vinyl.
How to put heat vinyl onto the cameo mat.
How to use heat transfer vinyl step by step.
You can get silhouette cameo cutting mats in 12 x 12 and 12 x 24.
Then pull off the extra vinyl off the plastic backing.
Place your htv on a cutting mat with the shiny side facing down and adhesive side facing up.
When the cutting process is completed unload the mat or the media.
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I ll cover the best heat transfer vinyl to use for shirts and how to make your own transfer.
If you haven t already begin by removing the liner that comes attached to the mat.
The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette.
Well colleagues here we have the design that we are going to apply on t shirt here we have a design with enough details that was cut in our silhouette cameo 3 we can customize it either with a phrase or with a name.
The silhouette hook can help you in weeding out small pieces of the vinyl.
Like in this case the option for the heat transfer vinyl is heat transfer smooth placement.
I ll be using a silhouette cameo 3 any machine will work.
This will reveal the mat s sticky surface.
Whatever mat and machine you are using put your htv glossy side down onto your mat so you will be cutting on the matte side see image below.
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Cut down the vinyl close to your design trimming through both the material and the plastic backing.
How to apply heat transfer vinyl.
I want to show you also the type of details that we can cut with our silhouette cameo 3 regardless of the the limits of cameo 3.
Remember we are cutting on back.
Make sure to put the liner back on the mat when you re done using it.
Load the cutting mat containing the vinyl with your design into the cameo silhouette cutting tool.
This ll extend the mat s useful life.