Want to learn how to use puff vinyl or Siser Easy Puff vinyl? Puff vinyl instructions are in the post plus a cute free SVG file.
Have you heard of puff HTV and wondered what it is or how to use puff HTV? In this guide, I’ll go over how to use it and how to give your shirts a pop of 3D dimension. You can even make your own 3d socks! visit Transwonder
All About Puff Vinyl
Let’s just dive into everything that has to do with puff vinyl like where to buy it, what is it, and how to use it.
What is the use of Puff Vinyl? Puff Vinyl goes by a few names like 3D vinyl and most popularly puff vinyl. It’s a vinyl that puffs up when heated and gives your item a 3d effect. It’s pretty cool and fun to work with.
Where to buy puff vinyl? You can buy puff vinyl on Amazon, Heat Transfer Warehouse, and most vinyl shops, in a variety of high quality brands like avery dennison printable vinyl. Just search for puff vinyl. I got mine from Heat Transfer Waterhouse and they carry 2 brands of puff vinyl, Siser and WALAKut.
How to Use Puff Vinyl
When using puff vinyl you can add it to almost any project you would use HTV on, but my favorite ways to use it are T-shirts and socks. You know those socks with the puffy sayings on the bottom? Now you can make your own with the puffy vinyl and customize them to say anything!
How to Cut Puff Vinyl with a Cricut
Normally when you cut HTV you place the vinyl shiny side down, but with Puff vinyl you are going to place it shiny side up. If you are unsure of how to place your vinyl on the mat peel up a small corner of the vinyl. You want the clear side to be facing the mat when you cut the vinyl.
I cut my vinyl with my Cricut Maker 3 on the Iron-On setting. It cut my puff vinyl perfectly and weeded flawlessly. All Cricut machines will cut puff vinyl. Just use the iron-on setting.
Weeding Puff Vinyl
Puff vinyl feels like regular HTV before pressing. You are going to weed it the say way you would any other HTV. Weed away the unwanted vinyl from the clear carrier sheet with your weeding tool of choice.
How to Press Puff Vinyl
As I said, I am using the Siser Easy Puff vinyl. You should always check the instructions for the vinyl you’re using via the brand website or the company you purchased it from. I got mine from Heat Transfer Waterhouse and they carry 2 brands of puff vinyl, Siser and WALAKut. For Siser Easy Puff set your heat press to 280. Press the vinyl for 10 seconds with very firm pressure. You can use a Cricut EasyPress with Puff Vinyl, but you’ll want to use an EasyPress size that covers your whole design and you’ll need to push down on the EasyPress to give the vinyl a lot of pressure.
Puff vinyl needs a good amount of pressure to puff up properly. For this project, I used the HTVRont AutoPress and it worked ok for this project. You cannot adjust the pressure on this heat press so my vinyl didn’t puff up properly in some parts