Can You Iron Vinyl On Wood

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Can you iron vinyl on wood. How to apply iron on vinyl to wood. Of course there are certain things you can t put iron on vinyl on so always make sure you actually can but if you can use iron on it s awesome. No more bleeding edges of paint. This looks like a painted wood sign.

I also like that iron on vinyl is less shiny than other vinyls so it feels a bit more like it could have been a hand painted stencil. Did you know that you can transfer iron on vinyl to wood. Iron on vinyl however adheres to wood like a dream. Regular ol vinyl on wood can have trouble sticking unless you use outdoor vinyl which is super glossy and it looks like a sticker is on there.

Follow the normal steps for working with iron on vinyl. No more pulling up wood with the adhesive vinyl. Before i get to the reasons why i like using it more here is a little comparison on the wood so you can see the differences that i mention. Iron on vinyl has a more matte finish and allows the texture of the wood to show through especially with a thinner iron on vinyl like iron on lite.

Big thank you to cricut for sponsoring this post. Simply put iron on vinyl is glue that is heat activated. If you ve been following along with my canada 150 instalment you ve heard me chat on this already and i m a total fan it doesn t have the same shiny appearance of stick on vinyl and. With htv on wood it is so thin it seriously looks like paint.

This heat transfer vinyl on wood method works perfect for hard to weed images because the sticky top layer helps to keep everything in place and you don t have to transfer it just flip and stick. Once you heat up the vinyl the glue will adhere to almost anything. Iron on vinyl can be used on wood too.