What is Heat Transfer Vinyl (HTV)?
If you’ve tried to buy a decorated shirt, you may have had someone suggest using vinyl or heat transfer vinyl (HTV) as a way to decorate. HTV is opaque, solid, and usually comes in a roll or sometimes a sheet. The vinyl is on top, with adhesive on the back, with a carrier sheet underneath. Your design is then cut using a vinyl cutter hooked up to your computer like a printer. The cutter has a small blade that penetrates the vinyl, but not the carrier sheet. Once cut, you peel away, or weed, the unneeded vinyl, leaving only the design to heat press to the shirt. Advantages No minimums – since you are running your design through the cutter, you can cut out just one design. Therefore you don’t…