Heat shrink wrap sticking to the mug ! Any tips how to take them off.?

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Re: Heat shrink wrap sticking to the mug ! Any tips how to take them off.?

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Hi Guys ,
Please help me if you can. These heat shrinks are sticking to top bottom and the handle of the mugs are not coming off easily (Mug has a curved top ) . Any tips to take that off the mugs please share your tips guys, much appreciated. Thanks
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What have you tried so far?

HOT WATER?
HEATING THE MUG
IPA

Sounds odd but wd40 is quite good at removing things like this. I’m not a
saying it will work but it could be worth a test then a good wash with fairy liquid.
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Only ever used the shrink on bottles, I ran a line of tape under the wrap before heating, once cooled I pulled the tape and it splits the hardened shrink.
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I had this issue when I used a halogen oven as it got too hot and melted, next time use a sheet of paper under the wrap to keep the wrap off of the actual ceramic
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Mrteajunkie;152454 wrote:What have you tried so far?

HOT WATER?
HEATING THE MUG
IPA

Sounds odd but wd40 is quite good at removing things like this. I’m not a
saying it will work but it could be worth a test then a good wash with fairy liquid.
Done all exept Wd40 . 200 mugs done . My colleague was so stupid printed all of them . They wont come off at all . Done everything ran out of options now .
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Re: Heat shrink wrap sticking to the mug ! Any tips how to take them off.?

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It does sound like the shrink wrap has bonded to the poly coating :(
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