Easy Iron On Instructions

Always iron on a hard, flat surface (not a padded ironing board). Use a Teflon sheet or cotton pressing cloth. This will protect your garment.

Remove backing and check design to make sure the stones have not shifted during shipment. Use tweezers to reposition stones if needed.

Place the sticky side of the transfer paper down on the fabric/ribbon. If it is not in the desired position, lift and reposition.

Place the Teflon sheet or pressing cloth over top of the design.

Set the iron on medium or wool setting. NO STEAM! You may adjust the temperature as needed. All irons are different. If your garment is thin, place a pressing cloth or flat cardboard inside the garment.

Iron directly on top of the pressing cloth/Teflon sheet for a minimum of 45-60 seconds. Heavier fabrics such as denim might need more time and light fabrics like silk will need less time. DO NOT MOVE THE IRON! Just let it sit in place. If your iron has steam holes, you lose some surface contact. Press with the iron facing side to side then up and down to completely cover the surface.

Allow to cool until warm and then slowly remove the transfer paper. If stones are not sticking to the fabric/ribbon, place transfer paper back down and re-apply heat. If stones are not sticking, you are not melting the adhesive.

After the transfer paper is removed, turn the garment inside out, place a pressing cloth or piece of cardboard inside the garment, place a cloth/Teflon sheet over design and re-press garment for about 15 seconds of pressure. This will draw the glue into the fabric of the garment.

Test to see if any stones are loose. Rub your hands across the design, up and down, back and forth using your finger nails. If anything feels loose, repress it.

When properly applied, transfers are fully machine washable and dryable. Turn garment inside out before washing. If a stone becomes loose re-apply heat to reactivate glue.

Professional Heat Press Instructions

Heat presses vary, so if you have found that a particular pressure and temperature works best with your press, we recommend you stay with that.  We set our press to 325 degrees at about 60 psi.  We press for 25 seconds, peel off paper, then press again.  Keep in mind that we are pressing onto polyester grosgrain ribbon most of the time, so our typical pressure and temperature might be too high for your needs.