Painting Over Vinyl On Canvas

Once you have gone over the letters really well with the scraper tool peel back the con tact paper slowly and your vinyl will be stuck down securely.

Painting over vinyl on canvas. Craft sticks are great for mixing paint. Now that your canvas is prepped we are ready to stick on the vinyl. Once dry you can remove your vinyl to see your final artistic creation. I add a little grey or white to colors when i want to make them match a little better.

If your vinyl surface is clean the paint or primer will adhere to the vinyl rather than the dirt and you will have a longer lasting finish. You can also use a primer between the vinyl and the paint. Ironing vinyl on a canvas. Applying the vinyl to the canvas.

Since it transfers with heat the vinyl can melt into the canvas and adhere better. Heat transfer vinyl on painted canvas. But with a canvas there is a little give when you push on it and you want to be able to push firmly. I had never tried using heat transfer vinyl on a canvas before i was missing out.

Painting the canvas made a big difference. We painted the top blue and the bottom green and then we used white to blend the colors together. Allow your paint to completely dry. Some of the transfer paper brands are entirely too sticky.

Since you re using heat transfer vinyl it s going to transfer with heat aka your iron or a heat press. Painting the canvas first is how you to get vinyl to stick to canvas. I do want to mention transfer paper really quick. As i said it was sad to see brad and jessica my made up psuedo names get painted over but my cause was much more worthy.

We decided to do blue and green for the sky and the grass. The whole canvas was dry in under an hour and paint could still be applied to it and holy of holy s the vinyl stuck. When using adhesive vinyl painting the surface is a must. The only exception to this is when you are using glitter vinyl it needs a super sticky transfer paper.

Mix 4 to 8 acrylic paints with water. Two excellent choices are available for vinyl awnings. I prefer to use clear contact paper to transfer my vinyl. Vinyl dye sometimes called vinyl dye paint which is applied like paint and does not change the feel or texture of the awning.

Paint will not stick to a dirty surface. Weeded and ready for placing on your canvas. Or a soft vinyl spray paint available in 11 ounce cans and simpler to use when working on small surfaces. Chalk paint is awesome because it sticks to everything.

I think it was a beautiful addition to the wedding and it was such a sweet personal touch that didn t cost too much money. Use latex primer paint over an old canvas to prepare for your acrylic paint pour. Paint over the vinyl and entire canvas in pattern of your choosing. It can be done.

Paint over the canvas. Check out this facebook live for a step by step tutorial on cutting transferring and applying vinyl.