March 21st 2018 contributor.
Layering iron on vinyl cricut.
Cricut product marketing manager cortney haymond.
Once you get comfortable with iron on vinyl it can be fun to branch out and experiment a little bit.
In the below rules regular iron on refers to basic iron on like cricut everyday iron on or siser easyweed and specialty vinyl refers to iron on vinyls like glitter foil sportflex etc.
Would love to learn how to do multiple colors on vinyl projects.
Htv iron on vinyl such as cricut everyday iron on vinyl for the sunflower i used yellow lemon brown and black.
Starting with the bottom layer of your design iron it on the shirt.
Layering htv is an easy way to give dimension and color to your shirt designs.
You can find out everything you need to know about the easypress 2 and why it is so awesome here.
Make sure to read the directions for whichever heat transfer vinyl you are using different ones have different instructions i used cricut everyday vinyl and learned that you will get the best results if you pre wash your fabric and then pre heat your shirt.
Layering iron on vinyl.
While not all types of htv can be used as a base layer most standard varieties can be.
What types of iron on can i use when layering.
When adding the top layer of your image apply firm pressure with the cricut easypress for 15 seconds.
Layering iron on vinyl can be a great way to do that and it s really not complicated at all.
Regular iron on can be layered up to four layers.
For the pinkie promise i used cricut iron on vinyl neutrals sampler and cricut glam squad glitter iron on vinyl sampler along with black cherry red bright teal green apple and yellow.
We recommend only using certain types of iron on as a bottom layer.
There will come a point where you want to have multiple colors of vinyl in an iron on project.
If using foil iron on for the top layer apply heat using firm pressure for 10 seconds.
Layering heat transfer vinyl.
Regular iron on can be used as a base for specialty iron on.
I use the easypress 2 to adhere all of my iron on vinyl to my selected surfaces.
When you layer iron on you have a base layer and a top layer.
If you are new to iron on io or also called heat transfer vinyl htv you are welcome to learn about the material here in my iron on basics post.
Flip your base material over and apply heat and firm pressure for 10 15 seconds.