How to Apply an Iron-On Transfer to a T Shirt

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Chris owner of Salon Teez, for Expert Village, this is how to create your own iron on t-shirt. Now we're ready to place our transfer on the t-shirt and where we want it. Typically we'll want to have it center. But we can place our transfer anywhere that we want to on the t-shirt. For this transfer because it's a little bit smaller, I'll actually place it up in the right hand upper, right hand corner of the t-shirt. Once I have the transfer centered in place where I want it, my iron has been pre-heated on a hot cotton setting and I'll begin to apply the heat to the backing of the transfer. Make sure that the transfer is facing up. And I'll just begin applying the heat to the edges of the transfer first. Working the heat all the way around the transfer. I'm applying a good amount of pressure here on very very hot setting. I'm not using steam. And once I've gone around the edges, I'll just begin to iron the transfer over making sure that I get even heat distribution across the middle of the transfer to each edge so that all of the ink gets transferred to the t-shirt. Most transfers that we create will actually be a cold peel transfer. That means once the heat has been applied we'll let that cool for a couple of minutes and then we'll remove the backing. I'll apply heat evenly across the transfer for about 30 seconds or so. Making sure that the entire transfer is heated properly and that all of the ink gets transferred to the t-shirt so I have no lifting either in the middle or on the edges of the shirt. I'll let that cool for a couple of minutes, until it's cool to the touch. It's a little hot right now and then we'll remove the backing. "