Hello.
So yesterday I received four of the green silicone mug wraps. I ordered them because I have one particular design that I just cant delivery properly using our adkins studio mug press. Its annoyingly just a simple design, with "I" in black next to a solid red heart with "TANKS" at the bottom. The red heart comes out patchy.
So, I thought lets get these and try an oven. So in goes four mugs for the first try. I looked in various places online for temps and times and cant quite get a definative answer. So I use 190 degree Celsius, and take one out at 10 mins, 11 mins, and the last two at 12 mins as they are overdone.
The first one, was still patchy on the red heart and the black text a little. the next one was better on the red, but starting to brown on the blacks. The two others were clearly overdone, paper even turning brown.
So, I try the next four, taking them all out at 11 mins. One of them seems ok, the others are all slightly patchy and the papers are starting to brown again.
I am at the moment just using the kitchen oven. We have a double one, one fan assisted and one not. So I have used the non assisted one. I didn't really want to fork out for another oven for it to just sit unused because I cant work it right.
Should I try reducing the temp and increasing the time, or any other good advice would be more than welcome. Could it be that I am not getting the wraps off quick enough? Do they keep cooking if your too slow?
I can potentially have a steady stream of selling these, but if they are always like this its going to wipe out my margin, of even cost me at the rate of failures I have experienced.
Alex.