How To Keep Sharpie On A Ceramic Mug

However you can choose any color in the rainbow or even.

How to keep sharpie on a ceramic mug.

Step 1 wash your mugs thoroughly with soap and water. Supplies needed to create a diy mug two ways ceramic mug of your choice. Step 2 once the mugs are clean it s time to decorate. I chose a plain white mug from the dollar tree.

Choose the right sharpie for mugs. How do you keep a sharpie from rubbing off. You can choose to bake the mugs twice to really set in the sharpie drawings. This fun diy will keep you addicted to creating multiple designs for yourself as well as wonderful thoughtful gifts to give to the special people in your life.

Some other sharpie mug methods say 350 or 375 but the hotter the oven the more the original white glaze will melt and allow your sharpie paint to set in so i like to bake my mugs at 425. Get all the grime and dust off to ensure the markers stick to the mugs well. To make your sharpie mug washable and usable you need to make sure you use an oil based sharpie marker. Keep in mind that the color of your mug the paint color will determine the outcome of your design color.

Hand wash the mug gently instead of throwing it in the dishwasher as a machine washer may ruin the design. Same thing with the feyoncé mug i used the same pink for it as i did this mug. Pick your favorite colors of sharpies and go to work. By putting the mugs in the cold oven and allowing them to preheat along with the oven you reduce the risk of them cracking from sudden changes in temperature.

Remember to place the mug in the oven before it heats up and leave it in until the oven cools completely so there won t be any cracks. Next preheat your oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit place the mugs on a flat baking sheet and put the baking sheet in the oven for 20 30 minutes. Some say that some of the colors change when baked some say that they don t stand up to dishwasher washing or handwashing even and some say that the paint chips off the mugs after a couple uses. Care and wash 18 dec 2019.

While sharpie mugs are very popular right now there doesn t seem to be any consensus on how to best make the mugs. This diy works best with cheap dollarstore dollartree in particular ceramic mugs. Bake the mug in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 f. Also the diamond on the feyoncé mug was done in white but in combination with the black mug it turned an off white slightly yellow color.