Can You Layer Vinyl Over Glitter Vinyl

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.

Can you layer vinyl over glitter vinyl.

Hello i am working on a project with layering. Can you please help me and let me know what i should set my easy press too and how long each press should be. 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. Some htv like holographic and glitter can only be a top layer.

What types of vinyl can be layered. Easyweed on the bottom and layering with glitter. Premium vinyl permanent and removable can be layered upon each other or used as a base layer. As noted above you can also apply a layer of siser or enduratex glitter over a layer of easyweed but not the reverse.

If you want to layer specialty vinyl use the slice method. Layering regular iron on vinyl. Glitter vinyl can only be used as a top layer. I like siser brand heat transfer materials so i headed to their website to look at their glitter heat transfer vinyl specifications.

Some however can only be used as a top layer those are foil glitter holographic and holographic sparkle iron on material. Try to place the vinyl with the hottest temperature setting at the bottom of your project if possible. Most manufacturer application instructions suggest that you should not layer glitter heat transfer vinyl on top of glitter heat transfer vinyl. Too much heat on foil iron on can cause a funky texture.

That s because it has a different consistency. If it has a rough surface it can only be used as a top layer. In this video joann talks about layering heat transfer vinyl. I ve noticed the bottom layer is getting little creases in it.

Specialty iron on can only be the top layer you shouldn t put more vinyl on top of glitter iron on for instance. While it will work the design is not likely to last. There are some heat transfer vinyl s that work great for layering and some that don t. Which types of heat transfer vinyl are you layering and what was the time temp and pressure you used to apply them.

Basically if the vinyl has a smooth surface it can be layered upon. I m not sure if i have it too hot or what the issues is. Then you can do the next layer of your design.