Tips for Using the Cricut EasyPresses

with Siser® Heat Transfer Vinyl

The great matter about HTV is yous don't need much to start out. A cutter and a habitation iron is about all yous need when yous're only a "beginner" and making items for yourself and family members. Only afterward working with an iron for a while, you'll likely find yourself thinking there's got to exist an easier way, and there is! The Cricut EasyPress is a simple step up to "intermediate" and is good for when you lot have one human foot in each swimming, ie: some projects for sale and some for personal apply. A heat printing is notwithstanding our #1 choice for best quality applications and is ideal for advanced users with full businesses, just with the EasyPress' growing popularity, I thought it'south fourth dimension to share our tips for working with the piffling guys!

The Cricut EasyPress comes in a multifariousness of sizes and colors. The 12″ x 10″, 9″ ten 9″, and 6″ x 7″ part the same, but the Mini's estrus settings are different than the others. Let'due south discuss the offset 3 and and so nosotros'll get into working with the Mini.

Tips for Applying Siser HTV with the Cricut EasyPress ane and ii

The EasyPress is more suited for HTV projects than a home fe due to its lack of steam holes. The smooth plate won't leave impression marks in the vinyl. Additionally, you tin adjust the time and temperature to exactly what you're looking for all while reading off the digital screen. Even so, Fourth dimension+Temperature+Force per unit area= the best press and the pressure factor is where things can go a niggling sideways…literally.

Digital display and buttons on Cricut EasyPress 2

Your upper body strength determines how much pressure is applied on the rut transfer vinyl. If you lean to ane side a lilliputian more than the other or printing stronger with one arm, you might notice i side of the estrus transfer vinyl is more practical than the other. To avert this event, do your best to stay centered over the EasyPress. If yous find you tin't go enough pressure on the HTV, fix the EasyPress Mat aside and motility to a lower table or even the floor in guild to get more oomph backside your press. Merely be certain the surface you motion to can handle the heat. Tile is absurd and will pull away the rut, and then try to stick with a wood floor or wooden cutting board (that you purchased just for crafting- Nobody wants food droppings in their HTV!)

Applying Siser EasyWeed Stretch heat transfer vinyl with the Cricut EasyPress.

Notice the EasyPress mat off to the side? You lot don't always need it, peculiarly when applying EasyWeed® Stretch!

Lastly, most quality heat presses are made and then that the estrus is evenly and consistently distributed. While the EasyPress does a amend job than an iron of holding on to oestrus, nosotros still observe that best results are accomplished when calculation an additional thirty°F to the suggested Heat Printing setting.

For Example: To heat apply EasyWeed® on a Heat Press nosotros'd recommend 305°F. To heat utilize EasyWeed on a Cricut EasyPress, we'd suggest 335°F. The fourth dimension remains the aforementioned!

But what if y'all're pressing more than one colour? Picket this video for how to layer EasyWeed with the Cricut EasyPress.

You can accomplish most projects with the Cricut EasyPress sizes we but covered, but the latest EasyPress is for all your mini making!

Tips for Applying Siser HTV with the Cricut EasyPress Mini

All the tips in a higher place can besides be applied to the Mini. Similar the EasyPresses before information technology, the Mini has a smooth plate and cool color scheme. Except the EasyPress Mini doesn't have room for a digital read out, and so instead in that location's 3 heat setting buttons on the side. Cricut offers a guide to each setting and their temperature range, but you lot'll notwithstanding demand to tack on that actress 30°F for all-time results with Siser HTV, so you'll likely cease up using the center or highest setting for well-nigh projects.

With the proper combination of time, temperature, and pressure, your projects will look professional! Want to practise? Download the Costless "Blossom Where You lot're Planted" cut file and attempt these tips out!

This mail goes over the most frequently asked questions and bug we've received from customers regarding the Cricut EasyPress. If you're still having problem with your project, please electronic mail our team at support@siserna.com for additional troubleshooting.

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How to apply Siser brand heat transfer vinyl with the Cricut EasyPress.