USING VINYL ON PLASTIC WITH TRANSFER TAPE
Plastic can be one of the easiest surfaces for adhesive vinyl! This application is perfect for pantry labels and other organization around your home!
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Equipment
- Cricut Maker or
- Cricut Joy or
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preparing Your Plastic for VinylWash your plastic containers in the dishwasher or or wipe them down with some rubbing alcohol to make sure they are free from any dust or oils. This will help ensure your vinyl sticks well.
- Using Vinyl on PlasticStart by cutting and weeding your labels. For this project. several colors of adhesive vinyl from Expressions Vinyl, were used. Unlike iron on vinyl, you do NOT need to mirror adhesive vinyl when cutting it—what you see is exactly what goes on the plastic.
- Now you have a choice. You can cut one large piece of transfer tape or you can cut small pieces of transfer tape the size of your labels.
- Place all of your labels face-down on the transfer tape and use a scraper (or credit card or even your fingers) to press the vinyl into the transfer tape.
- Next, flip over and cut apart each individual label.
- Then carefully peel off the white backing carrier sheet. Your vinyl should easily stick to the transfer tape. If it doesn't, burnish some more.
- Then carefully align your label on your plastic and press the label on, burnishing with your fingertips (I didn't want to use the scraper on the plastic, just in case it left a mark).
- Then carefully peel back the transfer tape at a 45° angle or more. Since the plastic is smooth and nonporous, the vinyl should stick fairly easily. If you are having trouble, burnish again and peel even more slowly, using your fingernail to help "guide" the vinyl off the transfer tape. But really, it should work really nicely on plastic.
- Tada! See how easy using vinyl on plastic is?
