Can You Layer Vinyl Over Glitter Vinyl

Layering regular iron on vinyl.

Can you layer vinyl over glitter vinyl. Premium vinyl permanent and removable can be layered upon each other or used as a base layer. While it will work the design is not likely to last. If you follow this method with siser easyweed you won t have to worry about over pressing or shrinking your htv designs or about shrinking damaging your garment. Try to place the vinyl with the hottest temperature setting at the bottom of your project if possible.

In this video joann talks about layering heat transfer vinyl. If it has a rough surface it can only be used as a top layer. Hello i am working on a project with layering. Then you can do the next layer of your design.

There are some heat transfer vinyl s that work great for layering and some that don t. Glitter vinyl can only be used as a top layer. Some htv like holographic and glitter can only be a top layer. If you want to layer specialty vinyl use the slice method.

Similarly you should layer sportflex iron on only on top of other sportflex iron on colors and patterns. Easyweed on the bottom and layering with glitter. Specialty iron on can only be the top layer you shouldn t put more vinyl on top of glitter iron on for instance. Can you please help me and let me know what i should set my easy press too and how long each press should be.

Which types of heat transfer vinyl are you layering and what was the time temp and pressure you used to apply them. Some however can only be used as a top layer those are foil glitter holographic and holographic sparkle iron on material. Other htvs like those in the easyweed family can peel from uneven pressure caused by seams buttons zippers etc. Most manufacturer application instructions suggest that you should not layer glitter heat transfer vinyl on top of glitter heat transfer vinyl.

What types of vinyl can be layered. Too much heat on foil iron on can cause a funky texture. Once all your layers are done you can press the entire design without any carrier sheets for the full 10 seconds to finish it off. I ve noticed the bottom layer is getting little creases in it.

That s because it has a different consistency. I m not sure if i have it too hot or what the issues is. As noted above you can also apply a layer of siser or enduratex glitter over a layer of easyweed but not the reverse.