How To Make A Door Mat With Htv

Before you send to cut load your material into the machine.

How to make a door mat with htv.

I think i ll make a new welcome mat for our house this summer. I used flex seal spray paint because i think it will wear better on the front door step. Place htv on cutting mat. May 26 2019 at 11 48 pm.

It comes in colors now so that makes it even better. This pulled the vinyl tight and helped it to stick to the mat. 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. 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. Here is a good picture of me using the htv. Although black is good for the front door. The vinyl looks phenomenal on this doormat.

Position the design on the virtual cutting mat. I made my first doormat over a year ago and since then i ve cranked out upwards of 100 mats for customers. You can get silhouette cameo cutting mats in 12 x 12 and 12 x 24. 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.

Move to the send panel and make sure all of your cut lines are on and select the material as heat transfer vinyl smooth. How we ironed htv to door mats. I turned on my iron to the lowest setting covered the vinyl with parchment paper and ironed each spot for about one second. I did this over the entire design until everything looked good.

Apply heat to help the vinyl stick to the mat. You re doing all the work for us and it makes less work for me. I appreciate how you test out different ways to make the door mats in depth and show us the best results. Along the way i ve.

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. I change them out with the seasons or just whenever i feel like my front entrance needs a refresh.