How to Make a T-shirt with Polyurethane Heat Transfer Film using the Epilog Laser
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 some of us prefer using the laser...
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!
Contents
Getting Started
- Watch a livestream of Ian making a custom shirt for an overview of the process
- Look at a Flickr album of things made with this process to get ideas
Materials Used for Making Patches
- Heat Transfer Film
Prepping the Art
REVERSE THAT ART
Cutting the Film
- Do something
Weeding the Film
- Tip - weed the smaller pieces before doing the larger pieces. This way the small bits (and your hands) aren't getting stuck to the large exposed adhesive film areas
Heat Transferring the Film
- Do something
Learning Resources
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To Research
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Related Projects
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