If you are heat pressing a plastic mug make sure to use an insert tool.
Degrees and time to heat transfer a ceramic mug.
Most types will work you may just need a little patience.
Ceramic glass and metal mugs are commonly used for heat pressing.
Place your mug into the heat press.
Some heat press machine varieties offer you a wide temperature range enabling you to adjust heat transfer efficiently for a broad array of fabrics including those that are heat sensitive.
Once your mug heat press has reached 400 degrees fahrenheit or 204 degrees celsius you re ready for pressing.
Also they vary from light colored to dark colored garments.
For the transfer to look good the temperature needs to be set correctly and the amount of pressure applied needs to be right.
The dk3 press and the dc mug attachment for digital combo presses from george knight are both excellent choices for transfer printing onto mugs.
I like to do a lower heat and time and then like to do multiple passes over the mug.
You may not even realize that you can add heat transfer vinyl to glass but you can.
Heat press the mug.
White glitter flake heat transfer vinyl.
White silver self adhesive sublimation vinyl.
This may require a bit of experimentation in time temp pressure depending on your mug press to sublimate ceramic mugs with best results.
Mugs magical mugs polyester garments.
Ceramics mugs 150 210 seconds 350 400 f 40 psi medium time varies with press.
Press into silicon pad.
Apart from that you need to know whether to remove the carrier paper hot or cold.
Ideal settings vary with specific materials.
It should be noted that each plate or heat press to sublimate may vary in its temperatures and type of degrees you can find heat press for mups or heat press to sublimate textiles or fabrics with.
Types of heat transfer vinyl.
The glass does have a higher chance of breaking when heated so you want to use caution.
It is important to find a mug that is suitable for heat transfer.
Ceramic glass tiles 300 720 seconds 400 f 40 psi medium time varies depending on tile type and size.
This accessory helps to maintain the shape of the plastic mug.
Normally heat press temperature settings run in conjunction with the time settings.
Mugs should be cooled down after transfer paper is removed in either a bucket of warm water or using a cooling plate.