Applying Vinyl Decals To Tumblers

Applying vinyl to tumblers is pretty straight forward making this a perfect cricut craft for beginners.

Applying vinyl decals to tumblers.

It works great on mugs or plates and you can choose from a variety of different finishes such as matte glossy or glitter. Clean your tumbler with rubbing alcohol and let dry. Make use of the scraping tool to help smoothen out your design and brush out any bubbles and make the vinyl stick to the mug. Design and cut out vinyl decal with a cutting machine or buy a decal weed off the extra vinyl.

The vinyl has a tendency to want to lift up if you don t have a surface that s perfectly smooth. Apply transfer tape to your decal and scrape it down do not remove paper backing yet position decal on tumbler and use a ruler if necessary to make sure it s straight. Apply the vinyl. And when applying it keep the design as low as possible.

Use the hinge method to apply vinyl to a yeti or stainless steel tumbler to make sure your decal goes on straight. You apply it over your vinyl decal with a brush. Everyone wants to know how to seal vinyl decals. With smaller decals like this i remove the whole backing from the vinyl and line it up on the tumbler.

So it is just like working with paint. You want to make sure that your vinyl adheres well and that nothing comes up with the transfer paper. For full tutorial visit my blog at https. The last and most crucial step involves sealing the vinyl.

Since it s a smaller size it s pretty easy to work with just make sure that the sticky parts don t touch each. Well today we are going to share not just one way but three different ways you can seal your vinyl decals.