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This is absolutely awesome. It would have never dawned on me that you could correct a error. This was very much like a tattoo cover up! Wonderful wonderful wonderful job!
I would check with the manufacturer to see if baking the tumblers that long will ruin the "hot/cold" insulation of the tumbler. If you are selling these, that could be an issue.
I should have searched how to unsublimate and watched this after I messed up my first tumbler. I just prepped it as if a non-sublimated tumbler, used 3 coats of shellac and then proceeded. I had a beautiful crackle tumbler...until I started sealing it with brite tone.....then colors from the sublimation bled through and I had to coat the whole tumbler with dark and glitters to be able to save. Now I know better :)
While unsublimating the ink can go everywhere. Since we don't care to risk consumption of sub ink we try to keep it off surfaces that could lead us to consuming. There's no data we can find to say it's unhealthy but. . . Thanks for watching!
Loved your un-sub and re-sub lesson! I didn't have a clue this process could be done. I just started. I do have a question... My very first 16oz glass sub came out with the "sleeve" not coming off cleanly. I started to scrape but am removing the frosted glass covering. Do you have any suggestions?
Hey! We’re glad this was helpful! If you’re talking about the shrink wrap sleeve, that happened to us once early on, too. We just had to scrap the blank, as we couldn’t get it off. For the future, make sure your blowout paper fully covers what the sleeve touches.
i used dark image on one of my tumblers. it messed up, can i still use another dark image to redesign the tumbler? another question, how many times can you resub a tumbler?
Hey! Thanks for your question. Whether you can sub over something really depends on each image (the original and new one). We haven't tried re-subbing more than once on a tumbler, but do let us know if you try multiple times!
Hey! That's a rotating display stand. We added the link in the description (sometimes RU-vid doesn't like links going directly in comments). Check it out in the description, though. Hope this helps!
So I have a few tumblers I am trying this with. I have put them in for literally 2 hours and they aren't white they are just more faded. My temp is 400. should i turn it up more?
Hey! Thanks for watching and for your question. Some designs lift better than others. Do you have an extra thermometer in the oven to ensure that the temp is correct? We’d check that first. As well as ensuring that your oven is on Convect (which keeps the air moving).
We have not tried anything else, yet. Definitely do not use a microwave or your food oven. We would either save it for later, make it a glitter tumbler or donate it at this point.
Well heck… I didn’t cover the inside of the two i unsubbed before~ and don’t know what ones they are at this point. Can I tell about the ink gasses post unsub?
Hey! Not sure if there’s a way to tell - maybe just try cleaning the inside of your tumblers really well. For the ink vapor we’ve found on furniture (desk, table, etc) from using our mug press, a good wipe down seemed to remove most of it.
Have you came across problems where the sleeve wouldn’t peel off? It happen to me and don’t know what to do to get it off the cup. The design is good it’s where there wasn’t a design
We haven’t tried it on a ceramic mug. In theory, the should lift. You’ll just want to be sure that the mug heats evenly to prevent breakage. Given that, we recommend you do some good research on safety precautions you should take if you decide to try.
So why do you cover the tops of the mugs and tumblers? Also wondering is it safe for the customers to put mugs in microwave or will design just end up fading off? Thanks for the video and Thanks in advance for the answers!
Great questions! As the goal of the process was to turn the ink back into a gas, we weren't sure if it would ultimately settle inside the cups, so we covered them just in case. We didn't see any significant settling of ink on the covers, so that may not have been necessary. We'll still do this as a precaution, though. As for the microwave question - that all depends on how hot the microwave gets. Sublimation ink tends to start activating around 350 degrees, so it's possible that microwaving of mugs could result in ghosting/fading of the ink if the microwave gets that hot. We haven't tested it, but it's definitely worth an experiment!
It depends on how dark the originals are and how much of the ink you can get to lift. You’ll need an even darker design to put over them. We recommend giving it a try on one of them. If re-subbing doesn’t work, you can always try to sell them in the Happy Accidents Facebook group. Some people who do glitter resin tumblers will buy messed up sun tumblers since they’re going to cover them with other materials anyway. Good luck!
Hey there, thanks for watching! That is an interesting notion. We are not completely sure but we do know the ink needs somewhere to go. If we tried that we would put a layer of polyester cloth then butcher but we don't think it will lighten as much as the convection method.
Hello! We haven’t tried a toaster oven but have heard that they do not work. Convection ovens move the air around, which keeps the temperature even and aids in the process.
I did mines and I did tat same technique and I faded but I re sub- it again...no...I didn’t like the results you still can see the image. So what I did is I use another technique and it look like a brand new cup.
I have a question about sublimating on the low ball can cooler with the lip at the bottom. It looks like you cut out a separate piece for the lip. Do you have a video or any advice on how to do this? Thanks!
Hi there and thanks for watching! We only tried that once and didn’t love the results. We opted instead to adjust our designs or use blanks that don’t have the lip.
It's possible, but the ink that gets unsublimated vaporizes onto other surfaces. This could mean that eventually, it's on your food and countertop, etc. Our rule of thumb is if it gets used for sublimation, then it shouldn't deal with food being heated. Hope this helps
Hey there! The only time we struggled with streaks/pizza wheel marks, we were accidentally printing on the wrong side of the paper. 😬 We’ve had a lot of luck with the Hiipoo Sublimation paper, as well as the Johnson Plastics Plus sublimation paper. Hope this helps!!
We haven't tried it yet but have thought about it. If you can it will take several rounds and blank sublimation paper new between every round until you get what you're looking for. If you do try, let us know how it goes. May be a future video. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for checking us out. That's new on us. Could be affected by the brand of tumbler or sublimation ink or temperature or time in the oven and brand of oven.
@@JustMightDIY but I'm gonna try your method.....have you ever re subbed on the tumblers? Like take it completely off to the silver and then re subbed?
There are still too many unknowns. We've messed up plenty of tumblers and when they can't be fixed they can be sold in Facebook group "happy accidents"
@@julieannebatelaan5329 Hey! We just saw this other message and wanted to reply. What you see in the video is the way we've done a resub. We've never taken a tumbler down to the silver, as you'd have to bake on another sublimation coating before you could get to the sublimation part.
I've accidentally unsubbed my mug. Every time I cook using the mug I sublimated, it fades a little bit more. I thought that was the soul of the mug press leaving because of the abuse it's taking, turns out it's just science!
