How To Transfer Vinyl To Wood Without Transfer Tape

Your vinyl is not sticking to your transfer tape.

How to transfer vinyl to wood without transfer tape.

You need to take your time here and really make sure you get it down flat without any bubble. If you move too fast or are not careful the vinyl will not stay. Htv on wood is a great solution if you want a special treatment like foil flock or glitter. Here is the brand of transfer paper that i use i do not ge.

I started with an area of tape that was not attached to the actual vinyl. For sticky vinyl transfer tape is what makes it easier to get from the backing paper to the wood surface with your design intact. What is transfer tape. The downside of using htv is that sometimes the adhesive can leak around the edges of the decal.

I very carefully peeled back the tape making sure it pulled the vinyl up with it. Be careful to encourage the vinyl to stay while the tape comes off. You create a decal but only some of the letters stick onto the transfer tape while the rest are left behind on the backing paper. Next i carefully pressed the tape vinyl down onto the window.

You create a decal but when you go to pick it up with the transfer tape the vinyl refuses to release from the backing paper. Carefully peel the tape off of the vinyl. How to apply decals without transfer tape sticker. Cutting vinyl with the cricut explore is very easy but weeding it and applying it to a surface can be confusing.

This short video shows you how to weed vinyl apply transfer paper and apply the vinyl to wood. If the vinyl doesn t come up press the tape back down a little and try again. Apply the 651 vinyl as usual and then with a teflon sheet between your project and iron iron the decal for 10 15 seconds.