Applying the vinyl to the mugs.
Cricut vinyl mug.
Cricut vinyl on mugs.
Adding the vinyl is easy as you just need to cut and then add to your mug with some transfer paper.
As with all these recommended vinyls for mugs it comes in many sizes and colors.
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Now we have to get both of these onto our mug.
Okay before i get into the tutorial let me explain why we used iron on foil.
I spent a full day cutting weeding and ironing much of cricut s iron on product line onto our mugs.
Why not everyday vinyl.
While your vinyl is cutting use a cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol to clean your mug where you plan to put your vinyl.
Diy iron on mugs with cricut easypress mini.
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I am using everyday iron on from cricut for all of my experiments.
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Great for multicolor vinyl decals.
Clean the surface of your mug first with 91 isopropyl alcohol.
To mark the mugs where the vinyl decal is going to go use a dry erase marker and draw a line down the mugs in the rack.
This means that heat transfer vinyl products that require a higher temperature are not ideal.
Apply the vinyl to the mug.
As we have just mentioned above the main idea behind sealing vinyl on your mug is to keep it in place and make your design last longer.
It s a hard wearing vinyl from the makers of siser easyweed and it will stand up to a ton of use.
Make sure to do the front and the back since we are applying two decals per mug.
Many crafters have reported cases of the vinyl coming off their mugs.
Just click the go button set the dial on your cricut machine to vinyl and the app will walk you through the rest of the steps for loading and cutting each separate layer of vinyl.
Don t put the vinyl sticky side down of your work surface because that will just mess with your vinyl s ability to adhere to a mug.
Well we tried it all.
And in 99 of these cases the vinyl was sealed.
Siser easypsv is also a permanent vinyl suitable for mug and cup projects.
Applying vinyl to mugs or cups cricut basics.