Which Way Does The Vinyl Go On The Mat

The point of the sticky side is to let you stick your material here heat transfer vinyl onto the mat which holds it in place.

Which way does the vinyl go on the mat.

In many if not most iron on vinyls the vinyl side is matte and the carrier side is shiny. If the vinyl sticks to the transfer tape simply burnish the vinyl onto the surface again. That way your mirrored design gets cut into the vinyl itself allowing you to remove the vinyl that does not need to be transferred to your project. Carefully place the transfer tape with vinyl images onto your surface as you would like them to appear.

So if you ever find yourself flipping a piece of htv over from side to side wondering which way to put it on the mat here s a simple trick to figure it out. You want to cut the vinyl side. With regular htv it s usually really obvious which side is the vinyl and which side is the carrier sheet. It is possible to cut vinyl directly from the roll without a mat using your silhouette and i will add a post all about how to do that soon but for now let s just focus on how to cut with a cutting mat.

If the vinyl does not separate from the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl and peel away again. That s why they say to cut it shiny or glossy side down on your mat. You then load the cutting mat and your material into the cutting machine and voila magic. Place vinyl on cutting mat.

Shiny carrier sheet dull vinyl. Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle. Then continue to peel the transfer tape away from the vinyl. Most basically a cutting mat is a lined piece of plastic that has one sticky side.

Make sure your project surface is clean dry. You can get silhouette cameo cutting mats in 12 x 12 and 12 x 24.