Transferring Vinyl To Glass

Being that glass conducts heat very well and is not coated it s totally possible to apply heat transfer vinyl to glass.

Transferring vinyl to glass.

Apply a generous layer of transfer medium to the section of glass that you ll apply the image to. Rub a layer of gel transfer medium onto the glass. You can purchase gel transfer medium at any craft or hobby supply store. American made v0820 works with a variety of vinyl.

As you peel the vinyl should come off the backing with the transfer tape. In fact we went ahead and tested this ourselves. It can be difficult to smoothly attach vinyl designs to curved surfaces like drinking glasses vases or cars. Use the least amount of tape as possible.

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Once you have the transfer tape on use a scraper tool or an old gift card to scrape over the design to make sure the transfer tape is adhering to the vinyl nice and tight. In this blog we ll walk you through a step by step tutorial on how. So cut the tape and the backing down as close to the vinyl as you can before peeling off the tape to transfer it to the glass. Use a craft brush to spread the transfer medium so that your fingers stay clean.

That will give the vinyl time to adhere and the adhesive to activate. Then slowly start to peel up your transfer tape at any corner. Before applying vinyl clean the surface it ll be attached to and mark out your design with tape or a grease pencil. Peel up a little and if it s now stuck to the glass instead of the transfer paper then you re all set.