How To Make A Door Mat With Htv

Apply heat to help the vinyl stick to the mat.

How to make a door mat with htv.

How we ironed htv to door mats. Move to the send panel and make sure all of your cut lines are on and select the material as heat transfer vinyl smooth. I made my first doormat over a year ago and since then i ve cranked out upwards of 100 mats for customers. I appreciate how you test out different ways to make the door mats in depth and show us the best results.

So i have a bit of an obsession with diy doormats. Learn how to make a personalized door mat using an inexpensive fiber mat paint and a stencil you can cut on your cricut design 150 at https jenniferma. It is possible to cut vinyl directly from the roll without a mat using your silhouette and i will add a post all about how to do that soon but for now let s just focus on how to cut with a cutting mat. Position the design on the virtual cutting mat.

You can get silhouette cameo cutting mats in 12 x 12 and 12 x 24. Remember htv needs to be loaded with the shiny side down. I used flex seal spray paint because i think it will wear better on the front door step. Yes you heard me right.

This mat is made of polypropylene which has a melting point of 320 degrees fahrenheit so i made sure my iron wasn t quite that hot. Place htv on cutting mat. Here is a good picture of me using the htv. You re doing all the work for us and it makes less work for me.

It comes in colors now so that makes it even better. I change them out with the seasons or just whenever i feel like my front entrance needs a refresh. Before you send to cut load your material into the machine. I did this over the entire design until everything looked good.

Making diy doormats with cricut and htv vinyl. Along the way i ve. I wasn t sure if the iron would melt the mat so i only applied heat 5 7 seconds at a time using my mini iron. I first ironed it on there.

This pulled the vinyl tight and helped it to stick to the mat. The vinyl looks phenomenal on this doormat. I turned on my iron to the lowest setting covered the vinyl with parchment paper and ironed each spot for about one second.