Absolutely love the sublimation htv for dark fabric. It is my go to for pretty much any design especially with multiple colors on cotton shirts. It's definitely a game changer! The vinyl takes the color nicely and the shirts are vibrant but without the hassle of using multiple color vinyls. I press the vinyl at 155 degrees C for 10 seconds with heavy pressure and sublimate at 200 degrees C for 50 seconds at heavy pressure using my htv auto heat press. The shirts wash well too.

I've BEEN trying to figure out a way to press on cotton and colored shirts for two years now! And this product did actually what it said it will I am so excited!

Purchase this item to put a sublimation design on a cotton shirt for my granddaughter's friend. It turned out great.

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This HTV is absolutely amazing and so vibrant. Please see the pictures. The first picture is without HTV, the second is using the wrong HTV and not using it correctly, and in the third, you can see how beautiful the color is. I ordered several vinyl's, and nothing distinguished them when they came so that I could know which vinyl was which. I sent a message to CS, and they responded very quickly he same day.

First 2 pics are withOUT the htv. They are just 100% polyester and feel great. The 3rd one (gray) is also 100% polyester NO htv and color is abit dull. The last 2 FOR DARK COLOR I used the htvront sublamation vinyl so the colors would be bright. It does work very well and gives great color. The mindcraft one has a bit of the vinyl boarder in white. The earth one, the vinyl was cut the exact size so no white vinyl is showing around the edge.I love the feel and look of just the 100% white polyester but who always wants to ware white shirts. Nobody! They only thing i dont like about the htvront is ot feels like vinly and stiff. It would be so nice if this product could be made thiner and more flexable. Im hoping someone comes out with a more fusible white material like backing used in sewing. Im thinking of getting polyester spray and put on the white fusing and then the sublamation printing.So my short answer is, it works great for bright colors on dark material and they are 100% cotton shirts. They are just stiff like regular vinyl.

perfect product for sublimation

I was a little nervous reading all of the reviews and seeing more negative than positive. In my experience this was definitely game changing. I will continue to buy for sure. I felt so limited because sublimation ink is only for light colored fabrics and I wear mostly dark colors and I want to sell most of my designs on dark fabrics. I just didn’t want to be limited to white. If you’re experiencing those same feelings, try this. It was exactly what is advertised. I followed the directions exactly and it worked perfectly. Hopefully this helps. Good luck bestie 🫶🏽🫶🏽 oh it’s really soft too, it isn’t crunchy at all and I bought matte. I had to come back and clarify after making a few sweaters that you may have to do access trimming if you don’t want a white outline. I have a Cricut and I offset -0.01 and it still cut much larger and I also tried duplicating the image and changing it to “basic cut” and no matter it cuts to big. I also tried downsizing the offset by an inch or 2 and still it cuts to large which is a little annoying especially if your images aren’t a basic shape. But, try to find what works for you regarding those setting. 🤎

I like the idea of using this not only with sublimation transfer on dark colors but on cotton. Easy instructions and great value for my money.

Update April 2024:After having tried this a few times, I have developed my own process for my own equipment. Your experience may vary. I have an HTVront autopress, an Epson ET-15000 printer with Hippoo sublimation ink, and a Silhouette Cameo 5 cutting machine. Here is my process:1. Within Silhouette, apply an offset to the design. I like .06 – I don’t want it to be super big. I think with the right design, one could probably even get away with no offset. Lining things up could be quite tricky, however.2. In the software, group both layers together – the printed image and the offset. Resize the group such that it will fit onto the sublimation htv. Flip the design horizontally to manually mirror the image. Both the printed layer and the htv need to be mirrored.3. Print the image with registration marks onto the sublimation printer (since you have already mirrored the design in the software, be sure to NOT mirror within the printer dialog). I use Epson vivid for my color mode and change these settings: brightness 3, contrast 8, saturation 6, density 4. Use the cutting machine to cut out only the offset (not the outer edge of the image). That leaves a little wiggle room so you don’t cut off any of your printed image edges.4. Cut out the htv using the offset as the cut edge (again – not the image edge). Follow the cut instructions that come with the htv (but do some test cuts first to see if it works well with your machine).5. For my autopress, I have to trick the machine into doing a firmer press by putting another pressing pad on top of the existing pad. I press the htv for 10 seconds at 315 degrees. Cold peel as instructed.6. Lining up the printed sublimation image with the vinyl is tricky, because the vinyl shrinks a little when pressed. But I have found that one can tug on the fabric here and there to help with alignment. And then use a ton of heat-resistant tape to hold it in place.7. For my heat press, I need to press at 400 degrees for 50 seconds. And again, I have to place a second pressing pad on top of the regular pad. As with any sublimation, put a piece of butcher paper on top before pressing.You can see from my picture of the 3 mandala cats, that the sublimation isn’t perfectly aligned with the htv. But it’s close enough and I think it looks pretty good. I think that’s the hardest part: lining up the sublimation paper on top of the pressed htv. Cutting the design out with a cutting machine definitely helps in trying to align things. I wouldn’t attempt to line up a plain old printout that hasn’t been cut to match the htv – that would be super difficult. Also, I think next time, I would purchase this on a roll so that I could make my design bigger without the 10x12 limitation. BTW – it’s not quite 10” but is more like 9.85”x12”.Original review:I thought this was fairly easy to use and worked really well. My only complaint is that it feels a little thick on the shirt, but I guess that's to be expected, since it is vinyl. For a much softer feel, using Siser EasyColor DTV is superior (that's an inkjet product - not a sublimation product. But the end result is similar as it can go on dark fabrics). However; that product can be really frustrating to use if the design is intricate, as it tends to curl up and won't stick well to the mask. For a big, blocky design, I would go with the Siser product. For a more intricate design, I would use this HTVRONT product. The HTVRONT product is WAY easier and less frustrating to use. I also feel like the result is more vivid.