First whenever you cut any and all iron on or heat transfer vinyl regardless of the type or brand you must always mirror flip your design before cutting.
Do i have to mirror with iron on vinyl.
To get that all cut out and perhaps even weed it and then.
So i hear you if you ve made that mistake as well.
Mirroring means to flip your design prior to cutting so it appear backward mirror image from what it should look like when you ve finished your project.
See more about mirroring in our post here.
Be sure to click the small box to choose mirror image due to using the iron on vinyl or your final project will be backwards.
I have so done that.
Then you will not mirror before cutting.
How to cut heat transfer vinyl on a cricut.
Place the liner side down when using iron on vinyl.
When to mirror infusible ink.
2 before pressing go make sure to load your material on the mat as the font is being shown on the preview mat.
Why do you have to mirror.
The transfer tape for iron on vinyl is next to the sticky part of your mat.
The second is if you are going to add the heat transfer material to something clear and want to read it from the front.
Let me tell you it s not a matter of if but when you go to cut and you ve forgotten to flip your images so i highly recommend just getting into the habit of that whenever you have an iron on vinyl project whether it s necessary or not.
So far i have referred to this product as heat transfer vinyl and iron on.
Htv has a clear plastic carrier sheet that covers the top of the vinyl and the other side is where the heat sensitive adhesive is it is not sticky or tacky to the touch.
Be sure to follow all instructions that come with vinyl of this type.
The answer is that they both are.
For iron on vinyl you want to get the mirror image it s not important unless you have text or an image you need to face a certain direction.
The reason that you need to mirror your design when working with heat transfer or iron on vinyl you cut the design on the back side of the vinyl.
You always need to mirror your design when cutting iron on.