Can You Sublimate On Vinyl

The equipment and products always are changing so whether you have been sublimating for 20 years or two days there always are new lessons to learn.

Can you sublimate on vinyl.

Printable vinyl sublimation found in. Cover with a teflon sheet this is crucial. I am lucky to. The white glitter vinyl contains polymers and takes the sublimation ink just like a polyester shirt would.

Test cut the vinyl for best results and reverse the vector design before cutting. Press for 30 seconds. Press your vinyl first and then sublimate. Siser easysubli htv available in 5 to 50 packs 8 5x11 forever subli flex 202 sublimation paper for dark and cotton garments siser easysubli htv 11 x 16 5 sheets siser colorprint.

And they are pretty heat resistant so you typically do it at higher temperature. Glitter takes a little more force than most heat transfer film so a craft cutter won t cut it. You need to heat press it to make it transfer permanent if you are talking about typical vinyl. Sublimate your vinyl then press.

A2a sublimation ink will be only permanent if it is sublimated. Most people who want to sublimate a design onto a cotton t shirt will sublimate their image onto what s known as white glitter vinyl. As a sublimation specialist my job is to make those lessons easier for decorators. After cutting weed excess vinyl from.

If it s simple like our little guitar you can go with option 1. Sublimation takes 10 minutes to learn and a lifetime to master. For complicated designs like the floral one you can see in the above gallery it s easier to do option 2. Remove teflon sheet following the 30 second heat press cycle.

There s two different orders in which you can sublimate your vinyl. Now you can sublimate your favorite materials like glitterflex ultra and some decofilms. You ll also need a vinyl cutter that can handle 12 mil film. Then peel the sublimation paper transfer sheet warm to the touch as fast as you can.

If you re starting from scratch you ll need a dye sublimation print system such as the sawgrass virtuoso sg400 sg800 or vj628.