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| Sublimation coated coffee mugs are fairly easy and inexpensive to produce. There are a few things you need to learn to make them correctly. You need a mug press (we recommend the $697.50 Geo Knight DK3 mug press), hard goods sublimation paper and dye-sublimation toner in your Okidata C3200/C5200 color laser printers. Here's how to make the mugs: 1. Design your artwork for an 11 oz mug so it is not larger than 3" tall and 3 inches wide (unless you are doing a full wrap mug, which can be up to 3" by 8"). 2. Cut the transfer and use heat resistant tape to attach the transfer to the mug. use the green grid on the back side of the paper so you can tell when the transfer is centered on the side of the mug. 4. Wrap a sheet of paper around the whole mug and press for 2 1/2 minutes at 400 degrees with heavy pressure. 5. When the mug is done in the press, take it out and remove the paper, then dunk in tepid water to cool it off. 5. If there is any residue on the surface of the transfer (making the art look dull), use Franmar (http://www.franmar.com/) d-Haze Gel or Ickee Stickee to clean off the haze. Doing so will bring an incredible shine to the surface of the transfer. You can produce about 15 mugs per hour with one mug press. Each mug will cost you about $1.80 to produce ($1.70 for the mug and $.10 for the transfer).
If using opaque transfers producing using our white toner, you can apply the transfer to an uncoated mug of any color (including clear glass). No cleaning is required and you can use a mug you buy from a local store for about 50 cents for the blank mug and 25 cents for the transfer. the result is not dishwasher safe, but is scratch resistant and can be hand washed without any concerns. |
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