Bleeding Text on mug - any ideas please?

[Kaz]

I always dunk mine in tepid water when they come out the press, in fact, I don't just dunk, I submerge them and leave them in the basin until the next mug comes out

[bms]

The cool water takes the immediate heat out of the mug. At 180 degrees the ink can still be gaseous and cause a blur. Putting the mug into a cooler environment reduces the temp of the mug immediately and stops the inks bleeding. The shock to some cheaper mugs can cause them to crack so have the water warm/tepid. Leaving them in the water won't cause any problems - we can have up to 10 in a bowl at one time (depends on size of your bowl) - take them out and dry them with a tea towel or something similar. The mug will be cooler than 180 degrees even if you dunk the mug quickly so the length of time in the water isn't important - it's just to reduce the heat quickly and prevent any possibility of blurring.

If you wanted to test this on a mug then print bright blue next to bright yellow and leave the mug to cool naturally. You might see a green blur where the blue and yellow have blended together as the inks were still gaseous when the mug came out of the mug press.

Most people use the water method to cool, but I know of others than never use this process. Depends on the image really and if you live in the Artic Circle

[jaffacat]

Thanks very much, I hadnt realised you needed to do that so that is a learning before ive received my mug press and wasted some mugs.

Cheers

Lisa

[Glen]

Like Martin said Lisa it all depends as we have never used the dunk method in 7 years of printing and never had any problems yet.but it is dam cold here...lol.

[jaffacat]

Thanks Glen, where are you the artic?

Think I will try some without and with & see how I go - just waiting for the mug press to arrive from Martin hopefully tomorrow/friday

Lisa