Applying Heat Transfer Vinyl To Wood

This helps remove or smooth down the little splinters and uneven patches of the wood to help the htv adhere better and look smoother on the surface.

Applying heat transfer vinyl to wood.

Apply the design to the wood. 651 permanent vinyl. Types of heat transfer vinyl for wood. Determine your design and mirror the image before you cut on htv vinyl.

It is recommended that you sand and put some type of stain or paint down on the wood before applying your heat transfer vinyl although raw wood works too. 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. Apply heat transfer vinyl to wood and create an easy wreath sign with this step by step tutorial. We ll show you how to apply permanent vinyl to stained wood permanent vinyl to painted wood and heat transfer vinyl to wood.

The only way we learn is by doing and i can promise you one thing you will mess up at some point. A piece of wood to try this on anything wooden will work like a wood slice wooden pallet wooden sign wooden coasters etc. I am using a wood slice in this example but you can even use painted wood with this tutorial. Types of wood you can use.

As soon as i saw this magnolia wreath i knew i had to have it for my fireplace mantel. I ve also included a free gather here with grateful hearts svg cut file. Any heat transfer vinyl should work for decorating wood really. How to apply heat transfer vinyl on wood.

Putting the heat transfer vinyl on wood is a great project and the finished product is adorable. It s the perfect fall wreath but of course i had to add a little craft project to. You might have a more difficult time getting something like glitter htv to stick. I didn t do complete step by step because the process is quite simple.

I am using the cricut brand of iron on. Also on a side note if you are nervous i want to encourage you to jump in and try anyway. Iron on cotton setting. 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.