These are some of the most common reasons that you might be having trouble applying your vinyl to a shirt bag or other fabric.
Why wont my vinyl stick.
Here is the mental checklist to see what could have happened.
It takes about 24 hours for the adhesive to fully set onto a surface.
What should i do.
When it comes to iron on transfers there are 3 factors that we can control to make the adhesive stick to the shirt or other item.
My iron on transfer wont stick.
The whole vinyl decal came off and was floating around my dryer.
Sometimes even after prepping the surface of your project with rubbing alcohol or smoothing a wooden surface vinyl takes some time to adhere.
My vinyl is not staying on my project after following all the prepping instructions.
If you can t figure out why your heat transfer vinyl won t stick you ve landed in the right place.
Why your vinyl won t stick.
Self stick vinyl tiles won t stick to a dusty gritty floor which is a common issue in basements.
When the floor is really bad i don t wring the mop out in the bucket i wring it out in a sink.
Ammonia is an effective treatment so what i ve been known to do is mix up a bucket of ammonia and water and mop the floor with a sponge mop.