How to Make a T-shirt with Polyurethane Heat Transfer Film using the Epilog Laser

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For a long time, we thought that you could NOT use Heat Transfer Vinyl in the laser, because you can't cut vinyl in a laser. We'd use the vinyl cutter, but it was never quite as easy or fast as laser cutting.

Then one day, while looking at the Siser Easyweed product page on the Siser website we had an epiphany - SOME HEAT TRANSFER "VINYL" IS REALLY MADE FROM POLYURETHANE! Woah.

Turns out Epilog was way ahead of us and even had a page on how to use it in the Epilog laser.


This guide was written by Ian Cole, feel free to ask questions or ask for a 1:1 to get started!


Getting Started

  • Watch this video for an overview of the process


Materials Used for Making Patches

  • Heat Transfer Film

Prepping the Art

REVERSE THAT ART

Cutting the Film

  • Do something

Weeding the Film

  • Do something


Heat Transferring the Film

  • Do something

Learning Resources

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To Research

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Related Projects

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