How to Use Iron on Reflective Tape
If you're planning to use reflective tape to enhance safety while riding your bicycle, it's important that you understand how to use an iron to apply the material. There are a variety of reflective tapes available and we'll go over the most common ones. You can use heat transfer reflective tape from 3M, which is lightweight and meets or exceeds ANSI Level 2 standards for reflectivity. You can apply it to porous or semi-porous materials, such as leather, by setting the iron on a medium to high temperature.
