Now it is time to start placing the design on the shirt.
Can i layer two different vinyls on a shirt.
Lay the second layer down on top of your first along with the pillowcase or teflon sheet and press for another 3 5 seconds.
The list of products in the horizontal row across the top shows the materials that can be applied as an upper layer on top of a different product.
I have a beginners guide to heat transfer here if you are unfamiliar once it was cut i used my hook tool to weed the vinyl.
I pressed on top of a silicon pad and used a teflon sheet to protect the heat transfer vinyl from melting.
I used the blue layer as a guide to press all the other colors.
I ve got three different mats in ds for each color in my design.
If you re layering vinyl on top of each other i would probably stop at 3 maybe 4 colors.
Add a pause after each color to allow you to switch out the vinyl on your machine.
You can also uncheck all the color boxes that you don t want to cut instead of adding in a.
We are placing our design on a dark 100 percent cotton shirt.
Saves time layering and vinyl.
Here are two different ways to layer htv vinyl with ease.
I started by pressing the blue layer first as this made the most sense.
Choose the fill option.
Once i had the shirt designed in the silhouette designer edition software i cut each piece out using heat transfer vinyl in the color i wanted.
We are applying the orange vinyl first because it outlines the entire design and makes it easy for the next layer to.
Layering iron on vinyl.
Next came the green htv layer.
How many layers of vinyl can you layer.
Next the red layer.
For this project i m using this cute fox svg which has several different layers in it.
In the upper right there will be different cut options.
I ve uploaded it to cricut design space where i can customize and size it for my t shirt.
Now you know the trick to layering vinyl and some extra tips let s take a look at those frequently asked questions when it comes to layering vinyl.
If you can pull up the carrier sheet without the vinyl peeling up then it s ready.
I started to do that recently.
I realized that you can layer the vinyl right on top of each other without slicing it shouldn t hurt the vinyl at all.
Xpress cut is easy to layer and requires little time and low temperature making it a great heat transfer vinyl to use on cotton polyester rayon and other blends.
You can drag and drop the colors in the order that you want them cut.
You want the design to stick to your shirt but you don t want to overpress it since you ll be pressing a new layer.
Next the pink layer.
Each mat will need to be mirrored because it is heat applied in reverse onto the t shirt.