My first mug

[schizowife]

I had the same issue with black coming out brown, i lessened the time to 180 from the 220 i was told and black is now as it should be :) Is your paper turning yellowy, i understand that is another sign of overcooking :). I don't dip my mugs after printing them, i have a wire rack under the heat press table with a regular desk fan aimed down on the mugs. They cool pretty quickly and i've not got bowls of water around or wet mugs to dry off before packaging. Could do with a bigger workspace though as my feet get cold as well :)

[sarahjayne]

I had the same issue with black coming out brown, i lessened the time to 180 from the 220 i was told and black is now as it should be :) Is your paper turning yellowy, i understand that is another sign of overcooking :). I don't dip my mugs after printing them, i have a wire rack under the heat press table with a regular desk fan aimed down on the mugs. They cool pretty quickly and i've not got bowls of water around or wet mugs to dry off before packaging. Could do with a bigger workspace though as my feet get cold as well :)

My DD demanded a disney princess mug tonight and thanks to giving in to her petulant wailing - I ran it under the tap from press - and later when washed, had my first mug crack. Looked grand but next exposure to hot tap water and draining it cracked.
That said - I bought some pig mugs in newbridge, they all broke within 3 weeks .... and not from being abused.

[smitch6]

NEVER run it under the tap lol
dunking is just that tepid water not cold and dunk the mug
cold water from the tap is too much of a temp change for it
poor kid you cruel woman you lol :) hope that isn't the one with the 2 halfs of a collar bone????????