Will Vinyl Stick To Painted Canvas

I made four different stencils for this project.

Will vinyl stick to painted canvas.

A canvas isn t smooth it has a weird texture. I ve heard mod podge will do the same thing. I have found that the secret to putting vinyl on a canvas is to be sure to use htv also known as heat transfer vinyl. Last year when i was making this corn hole game i had a little issue with the vinyl sticking to the wood.

Adhesive vinyl on painted canvas. Canvas is not a smooth surface. Adding a layer of paint stain lacquer or varnish will help create a smooth surface. The first way you can prep your canvas is by painting it.

This will ensure your project lasts for a long time. In order to combat that we need to prep the surface of the canvas to make it smoother for vinyl adhesion. If your vinyl is still not sticking to your freshly smoothed piece of wood adding a layer of paint or varnish will also help it stick. This is what makes it a bit of a challenge to get vinyl to stick to it.

Apply 1 2 layers of mod podge you can also use paint that is the color of your background to your canvas. It is key in getting your vinyl to stick to your canvas. There are three different methods you can use to do this. I painted the canvas with just regular white craft paint a couple of thin layers.

The dry paint creates a textured surface for the vinyl to stick to. Use your silhouette cricut or electronic cutter to cut out your vinyl stencil. Why won t 651 vinyl stick to my canvas or wood. How to put vinyl on a canvas.

Turns out vinyl needs a solid surface to stick to. If you wanted to. Let me give you a quick run down on how to put vinyl on a canvas for this project i used. Same thing with wood.

The idea is that it will prepare the surface of the canvas so that the vinyl will stick to it. Next up same type of vinyl adhesive vinyl on painted canvas. For the best results put a book or something solid under the canvas and use the silhouette scraper to really burnish the letters onto the canvas before removing the contact paper. You might also try using the vinyl as a stencil instead and painting.

Be sure to press it down really well. I learned from. This video also teaches you what a reverse canvas is and how to make one. I remedied that by sealing it with a polycrylic coat.

Add a coat of mod podge over the top. Here is a play back of my fb live video demonstrating how i apply regular adhesive vinyl 651 to a painted canvas send video request questions to eliteevent. Adhesive vinyl will stick to a painted canvas better than a plain one. This video shows you tricks for applying vinyl to canvas.

This is the best technique for putting vinyl on canvas.