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Two mugs with "dad jokes? I think you mean rad jokes" image on it.
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SUBLIMATING BEER MUGS

Sublimation beer steins are the perfect way to customize something special for the beer-fan in your life.
Author: Cori George

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • How to Sublimate Beer Mugs in a Tumbler Press
    Start by cleaning your blank using alcohol and a microfiber cloth.
    Hand cleaning the mug with alcohol and a microfiber cloth.
  • Use a paper trimmer or scissors to cut out your design.
    Hands using a paper trimmer to cut down image
  • Tape your design to your clean blank (make sure the alcohol has evaporated) using heat-resistant tape.
    Hands taping the image to the mug
  • Tape two pieces of butcher paper over your design. This will protect your tumbler press from any ink blowing through the transfer paper.
    hands adding butcher paper to mug
  • Press your mug for 240 seconds at 360° with medium pressure
    Mug pressing in Mug Press
  • Remove the butcher paper and transfer to reveal your final image!
    Mug with colorful "dad jokes? I think you mean rad jokes" image on it.
  • How to Sublimate Beer Mugs in a Sublimation Oven
    Prepare this blank similarly. Start by cleaning off your blank using alcohol and a microfiber cloth.
    Hand cleaning the mug with alcohol and a microfiber cloth.
  • Use a paper trimmer or scissors to cut out your design.
    Hands using a paper trimmer to cut down image
  • Tape your design to your mug using heat-resistant tape.
    Hands taping the image to the mug
  • Instead of using butcher paper, use shrink wrap. The 12" x 8" sublimation shrink wrapped worked well for this project.
    Hands adding the mug to shrink wrap
  • Cut out a hole for your handle. It doesn't have to be neat—just enough to allow the shrink wrap to sit flat against the mug.
    Hands cutting shrink wrap for handle
  • Add a piece of tape to connect the two sides of the butcher paper.
    Hands taping shrink wrap under handle
  • At this point a lot of people would have you use your heat gun here to pre-shrink the shrink wrap, but it isn't necessary. Just put it right into the oven and bake at 385° for 12 minutes.
    Remove the shrink wrap right away (it's so much easier to remove when it's hot!) and then remove your transfer to see your final mug. It turned out great!
    These sublimation beer mugs really are easy to make and are an easy gift for dad or any other beer lover in your life!
    Mug with black "dad jokes? I think you mean rad jokes" image on it.