When the paint is fully dry i waited 24 hours just to be sure it s ready for your iron and some heat transfer vinyl.
Can you iron on transfer to wood.
Turn on your easypress and set it to the proper wood setting for iron on vinyl download a heat settings chart here 300 and 40 seconds.
This looks like a painted wood sign.
The finish of a heat transfer vinyl wood sign will look way cleaner sharper than using vinyl to stencil your signs crisp lines plus it will take you a fraction of the time.
Fast easy low mess.
You could use an easypress 2 mat on a table for good results.
Low odor fairly smooth results.
I used my easy press to attach the heat transfer vinyl to the wood.
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.
An iron is actually the perfect tool for this project since thick wood may keep the platens of my heat press from closing fully.
You can definitely use an iron just make sure you use it on a firm and steady surface since you will be exerting a lot of pressure.
Turn on your iron to the cotton or linen setting and wait for it to heat up.
Stick it onto your wood surface and heat up your iron.
Set your iron to cotton and grab something to use as a cover sheet.
If you want to you can secure the edges of the paper to the wood with pieces of tape.
4 iron the paper using a hot no steam setting.
Because i cut it out mirrored it s right side up on the wood now.
There s a few things different about ironing this stuff on to wood rather than fabric.
You will need to use the cotton setting on your iron and it will take about 40 60 seconds to adhere it completely.
Light images potential burns to wood or you.
Heat transfer a clothes iron or woodburning tool can transfer laserjet print to wood.
Gel medium transfer this method using a gel transfer medium like liquitex or mod podge can be used to decorate custom guitars.
Place your transfer design on the wood surface and iron into place.
Then press down your vinyl using the easypress.