How To Decorate A Coffee Mug With Sharpie

The Ultimate Guide to Sharpie Mugs

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While Sharpie mugs are very popular right now, there doesn't seem to be whatever consensus on how to best make the mugs.  Some say that some of the colors change when baked, some say that they don't stand up upward to dishwasher washing (or handwashing even…), and some say that the paint chips off the mugs after a couple uses.  Enter: me.  Your very ownJamie Hyneman or Adam Roughshod (Mythbusters, anyone?).

I divided mug into iv parts and used each of the 14 colors on every section.  While decorating the mugs, I wore gloves so the oils from my skin did not affect the finished product.  Each section was designated for a different temperature and corporeality of fourth dimension to be broiled.  Before and afterwards pictures were taken to compare colour.  To ensure every bit much accuracy as possible, pictures were taken in the same location with the same backdrop, aforementioned camera, same lighting, and at the same time.  Pictures were just edited for sharpness and clarity, not color.  All parts of the mug were dried for 24 hours before blistering.

Annotation: All temperatures are in Fahrenheit.

The Materials:

• Dollar Tree mug-white (in that location was a consensus almost Dollar Tree mugs being meliorate because lack of glaze)
• 14 colors of oil-based, fine betoken Sharpies
  (again, a consensus that oil-based consistently work better than regular Sharpies)

The Variables:

• Each section of the Sharpie mug was broiled at different temperatures.  The temperatures were based on popular times given to bake the mugs from other websites.  The merely part that is baked more than once is the labels of temperatures and times.  All mugs were put in a cold oven, the oven was preheated, and the timer was started from the time that the oven was fully preheated.  Mugs were left in the oven to cool for 1 hour or more to forestall cracking.  Temperatures and times are as follows:
  • Section ane: 250 degrees for two hours
  • Section 2: 250 degrees for 30 minutes
  • Section three: 350 degrees for 30 minutes
  • Section 4:  450 degrees for xxx minutes

The Measurement:

Pictures where taken before and later on each step of baking and washing to compare color.  When all sections were baked, the mug was paw-washed 4 times and run through the dishwasher two times.

The Results of the Sharpie Mug Experiment:

250 degrees for 2 hours

Unbaked:

Blistering:

Baked:

Baked and Done:

350 degrees for 20 minutes

Unbaked:

Broiled:

Baked and Washed:

450 degrees for 30 minutes

Unbaked:

Baking:

Baked:

Broiled and Washed:

250 degrees for 20 minutes

Unbaked:

Baking:

Baked:

Baked and Done:

Side-by-Side Comparison

Baked:

Baked and Done:

Conclusion

Temperature's Affect on Colour:

As you tin can see in the side-by-side comparison, the hotter the temperature the less true the colors are to the original subsequently they are baked.  Both 250 degree sections of mugs look almost identical to the starting color.  The colors starting time to go a little distorted on the 350 degree mug and almost all of the colors are significantly different on the 450 degree mug.  The silver remains shiny through all of the temperatures, merely the gold seems to dull when cooked, especially at high temperatures.  Blues, greens and reds lose their color and even plow to a different color (did you grab that the blueish on the 450 degree turned a tannish brown?).  The only color that remained exactly the same with each cooking temperature was the black.

Washing's Affect on Color:

Later handwashing and drying each mug four times, the paint did non fleck at all on any of the mugs.  The dishwasher, nonetheless, fabricated some of the paint chip off on some of the mugs.  I don't think the 250 caste for 30 minute section was cooked long enough and for this reason, the paint chipped a lot.  The paint also chipped on the bottom of the 350 degree department.

My Decision:

Based on my experiment, baking a Dollar Tree mug at 250 degrees for 2 hours provided the best results.  The color of the pigment remained largely the same and paint on the mug did non chip at all (except for the modest top chipping).

Interested in a practical way to implement what you've learned?  Check out my DIY Sharpie Mugs.

For more DIY mug ideas and patterns (including the secret to making glitter mugs dishwasher safe), check out ten-Infinitesimal Mugs.

For more than Sharpie mug tips and tricks, grab the freebie: 17 Tips and Tricks to Perfect Sharpie Mugs.

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