WOW mugs - printing showing through

[harlequeen]

HI,
I've just tried a couple of WOW colour change mugs - one black and one red and on the black one, I can see that there is something printed on there if I look close enough. On the red one though, it is very obvious that there is printing on there - it is showing through without the hot liquid. Is this normal? It kind of defeats the object of the item.

Anyone got any thoughts on this?

[Justin]

TBH I've never even printed these, this being one of the main reasons. I always noticed close up that you could see the print. Maybe useful for particular designs or a one off gag but I don't personally get them.

[UK Printed Mugs]

Yes, I'm afraid these mugs do show design through. You need to really keep to one colour eg black artwork for black mug. Bit rubbish really.

[JMugs]

As above, I looked into doing them and binned the idea before buying any for the reasons you mention.

Janners

[Andrew]

You can find matt versions which have a solid thermo coating so nothing is seen. Not sure why this style is not the standard really.

[harlequeen]

Thanks all for your comments. I think it's a no go for me with these going forward.

[logobear]

yes, they are a bit dubious, only for the easily impressed!