Hoodietees

An idea came to me about a different design and I wanted to see if this was possible. I was thinking of using my plotter to cut some heat transfer vinyl in the shape of one of the US states. Then I was going to put some text on top of the vinyl state cut out that is a different color from the cut out of the state and the shirt.

So, my question is can can I heat press a vinyl design on top of another vinyl design? And if so, what's the best way to do it? Time, temp, pressure, etc?

 

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joeshaul

You can, usually you use less time on the first press then full time on the last press, but time/temp differs based on manufacturers. For some more threads and references regarding how to do this, put "layering vinyl" in the "Search T-shirtforums.com" box.

Here's a few directly related to the topic:
How to layer vinyl on shirts
https://www.t-shirtforums.com/vinyl-...rs/t71840.html

 

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Hoodietees

I did check out the link and did follow the suggestions of a few people. It came excellent! They really came out good. I did notice that the more you layer, the harder the vinyl is going to feel. I have been using the Fashion Film from Stahls. Very soft feel on one application. But the more yo layer, the harder it will feel. I only put on 1 layer of vinyl on top of the other so it came out not so hard. But I could tell the difference with my hands. My customers won't.

 

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