Mugs to dunk or not

[logobear]

WHY would you bother to dunk ?
What is the advantage .... apart from speeding the cooling down process ?
You have to have a bucket of dangerous WET water around that can easily spill, then you have to DRY the product .......
We just peel asap and leave to cool ..... true, you can end up with a table full of mugs, and have to identify which ones belong to which job, - but no wetness!

[RogerC]

Logobear....I can't honestly believe you are serious. Water is 'wet'.........but dangerous? only if those around it are careless numpties. It can't spill on it's own so we are back to the 'numpties' again. Agreed the process makes the mugs wet (magical isn't it...put a mug in 'water' and it gets wet!!!) and they need drying which might be a bit of a problem if doing larger quantities.

Please tell me this is a pink and fluffy, elf and safety minded, liberalist protecting idiots from themselves wind up?

[ArferMo]

For me dunking serves two purposes:-

1. It gives me better control over gassing time by stopping the process almost instantly giving me better consistency of colour. There can be quite a difference in just letting a mug air cool in the summer compared to a cold winter's morning.

2. It also shows up any unnoticed flaws in the mug... you will hear a faulty mug go ping as you dunk it. If that mug had been air cooled it could quite easily go unnoticed and result in a breakage in transit or worse still a breakage whilst in use. Imagine what could happen if the handle drops off as a client takes a sip or it splits when the client pours boiling water in to it. Are you insured !!!!

I know when I would rather detect a problem mug.

[Developit]

Like I said at the beginning Logobear I am at the very early stages of making mugs so for me it's a matter of asking advice from those with lots for experience than me. I have press on kitchen table and sink is close by, plug makes it easy to empty.
My concern was that my press and peel approach may have resulted in ghosting of text. I dream of the day when my table is full of mugs.

RogerC you gave me a laugh tonight

ArferMo thanks for the advice. Being in Western Australia I probably have a far more even temps and think I will still have to give the dunking a go to see if it has been an issue of gassing.

[guarddog14]

i think its your tekkers devlopit i rip the paper down on one side then blow the paper so it comes straight up , the ghosting your getting i think is when your taking the paper of its pressing onto a bit near it , if that makes sense

[Developit]

Yes Dan this is what I am thinking too.

[mags1892]

Logobear living in newcastle i just leave the mug its colder than cold water here infact i bath in cold water to warm up

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[logobear]

water and electrics .... not dangerous ...... eh?
In a small and busy workplace, water can get knocked/splash over and damage other projects ......
Best kept separate in my opinion

[JMugs]

Being someone who goes for fan assisted cooling (I prefer to not have water in the studio), I am obviously a "No dunk" sort of person. I have had ghosting when the studio is warm and mugs are just left to cool naturally. Hence the fan.

[Developit]

Some interesting views and it seems that to dunk or not is as much a process preference as a work area restriction. I can easily dunk in a sink that is a safe distance from electrics.