I made my daughter this custom shirt on christmas eve.
Vinyl wont stick to shirt.
Most t shirt vinyl can be cut easily with a standard issue 45 plotter blade.
These are some of the most common reasons that you might be having trouble applying your vinyl to a shirt bag or other fabric.
But occasionally i have a nightmare of why won t this heat transfer vinyl stick so i thought i would troubleshoot the reasons in case you ever get stuck in a nonstick vinyl situation.
Sometimes the vinyl s adhesive needs time to adhere to the surface a little better and bond.
Coincidentally flock is one of the things that requires this extra blade depth.
Insert the biggest eye roll.
Did you get your recipe correct.
However some are thicker or denser than average and require a 60 blade also known as a flock blade.
If you can t figure out why your heat transfer vinyl won t stick you ve landed in the right place.
If you have cleaned your surface well with rubbing alcohol but your vinyl is still not sticking try leaving the transfer tapeon the vinyl for a bit after applying it onto the surface.
This is a common question throughout the vinyl industry.
And i about 149 999 998 of those projects work out fine.
When it comes to iron on transfers there are 3 factors that we can control to make the adhesive stick to the shirt or other item.
What should i do.
My iron on transfer wont stick.
One of the reasons this happens is due to insufficient heat applied when transferring the printed design.
Just like the heat transfer not sticking to the shirt there are also many possible reasons why the heat transfer vinyl would stick at first but would peel off after some time.
Why is my htv not sticking to my shirt.