Images October 2019 Digital Edition

STEP-BY-STEP: COMBINING HEAT TRANSFER VINYLS 8 Add each of the remaining sections of the design to the garment and heat press for a further 15 seconds Remove the polyester backing to reveal the finished design 9 www.images-magazine.com OCTOBER 2019 images 69 TIPS & TECHNIQUES 2 4 In your cutting software select the sections that need to be cut first and set the design to mirror cut Select each section of the design and send separately to the vinyl cutter. We used a GCC Expert cutter 1 The design needs to be in vector format, which can be cut on a vinyl cutter/ cutting plotter 3 Load the correct colour in the vinyl cutter face down, so that it's ready to be mirror cut 5 6 Weed the excess material so you’re just left with your cut design Pre-heat the garment to remove any moisture. We used a Siser TS-One heat press 7 Place the neon yellow text onto the garment to heat press at 155ºC for five seconds, then remove the polyester backing. We applied this first, then placed the other parts of the design, because this makes it easier to get everything in position