The finish of a heat transfer vinyl wood sign will look way cleaner sharper than using vinyl to stencil your signs crisp lines plus it will take you a fraction of the time.
Can you use iron on vinyl on wood.
I ve used it on both stained sealed wood the large one and untreated wood as in the title image with no issues.
How to apply iron on vinyl to wood.
We have also included a front porch sign project as well.
Iron on vinyl can be used on wood too.
Apply the design to the wood.
Once you heat up the vinyl the glue will adhere to almost anything.
This makes it permanent either on fabric or you guessed it wood.
Follow the normal steps for working with iron on vinyl.
Iron on vinyl however adheres to wood like a dream.
This post will teach you everything you need to know about this technique including our favorite method using iron on vinyl.
This looks like a painted wood sign.
No more bleeding edges of paint.
Iron on vinyl has a more matte finish and allows the texture of the wood to show through especially with a thinner iron on vinyl like iron on lite.
Can you use vinyl with wood.
No more pulling up wood with the adhesive vinyl.
Simply put iron on vinyl is glue that is heat activated.
Place hot iron directly on the heat resistant plastic layer and iron for approx 60 70 seconds moving the iron around.
And you don t have to bother with transfer tape because the pieces are already adhered to the transfer sheet.
Heat transfer vinyl isn t sticky itself but bonds to the material using a heat press or iron.