Add Vinyl To Painted Canvas

You can either use acrylic paint or modpodge before you lay the vinyl down.

Add vinyl to painted canvas.

Well the solution is actually quite simple. Weeded and ready for placing on your canvas. A stretched canvas out of the packaging has a rough feel that your vinyl will probably not stick to. But with a canvas there is a little give when you push on it and you want to be able to push firmly.

Adhesive vinyl will stick to a painted canvas better than a plain one. I often get asked how to do i get vinyl to stick to canvas. Place vinyl on cricut cutting. Add a coat of mod podge over the top.

You might also try using the vinyl as a stencil instead and painting. I do want to mention transfer paper really quick. Open the unicorn images in the cricut design space. Adding vinyl to canvas how to add vinyl to canvas with cricut maker.

This is the best technique for putting vinyl on canvas. Since you re using heat transfer vinyl it s going to transfer with heat aka your iron or a heat press. Now that your canvas is prepped we are ready to stick on the vinyl. I ve heard mod podge will do the same thing.

Adhesive vinyl on painted canvas. Slowly pour the paint onto the canvas and move canvas around in a circular motion until the canvas is completely covered. I think it was a beautiful addition to the wedding and it was such a sweet personal touch that didn t cost too much money. This gives the canvas as smooth a surface as possible so that the vinyl can stick.

The whole canvas was dry in under an hour and paint could still be applied to it and holy of holy s the vinyl stuck. Some of the transfer paper brands are entirely too sticky. Be sure to press it down really well. The idea is that it will prepare the surface of the canvas so that the vinyl will stick to it.

As i mentioned in the video the canvas is already prepared with a coat of spray paint to make it a warm color and then a coat of gloss medium. The only exception to this is when you are using glitter vinyl it needs a super sticky transfer paper. Ironing vinyl on a canvas. We layered about 6 different colors in each cup.

Want to ensure it lasts a long time. Next up same type of vinyl adhesive vinyl on painted canvas. It can be done. How to apply vinyl decals to a canvas surface.

Make your acrylic poured canvas art by adding paint colors to one plastic cup. The dry paint creates a textured surface for the vinyl to stick to. In this tutorial i show you how to incorporate this method by using acrylic paint as a base. I prefer to use clear contact paper to transfer my vinyl.

For the best results put a book or something solid under the canvas and use the silhouette scraper to really burnish the letters onto the canvas before removing the contact paper.