Baking A Ceramic Mug With Sharpie

These coffee mug tutorials typically just say to write on your mugs with some regular sharpie markers bake and you re done.

Baking a ceramic mug with sharpie.

Turn the oven on to 375 degrees and let it come to heat. This diy works best with cheap dollarstore dollartree in particular ceramic mugs. Choose the right sharpie for mugs. We want the mugs to start at room temperature and warm up along with the oven.

I put them in upside down so i didn t have to worry about them falling over. First place the painted mugs in the oven. Once preheated let the mugs bake for 25 minutes. You can choose to bake the mugs twice to really set in the sharpie drawings.

Then turn the oven on and set it to 350 degrees. This is because there is less glaze on them so the paint can adhere better to the ceramic when baked in the oven. 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. Bake your mug to set the paint.

Hand wash the mug gently instead of throwing it in the dishwasher as a machine washer may ruin the design. Let your painted mug dry for 24 hours. 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. 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.

Place your mugs on a rimmed baking sheet makes getting them in and out of the oven easier and place them in a cold oven. While sharpie mugs are very popular right now there doesn t seem to be any consensus on how to best make the mugs. The baking process is the second key to making these mugs dishwasher safe.