How To Paint Coffee Mugs Permanently

Painting watercolor designs with nail polish.

How to paint coffee mugs permanently. Once the oven is done pre heating and has reached 425 degrees leave the mugs in the oven and set a timer for 30 minutes. The nail polish can leave a residue so use a container you don t care about. How to paint your mugs. Place the freshly painted mug in a cold oven.

Allow the oven and mug to cool together completely. Do not preheat the oven because the mug may crack or shatter if it does not gradually heat. Pick the monogram design you want and stick it on your mug. Turn the oven on to 375 degrees and let it come to heat.

You can remove the paint as much as you need before baking to set permanently. The tupperware should be deep enough. 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. As the mugs bake the paint may start to smell.

Allow the acrylic to dry for 15 minutes. 21 x research source. Bake for 30 minutes. To do a monogram design you will need some letter scrapbook stickers.

When the 30 minutes is up turn off the oven but leave the mug inside. Spray the cup with a thin coat of clear acrylic covering the entire body of the cup. Once preheated let the mugs bake for 25 minutes. Bake your mug to set the paint.

What i ended up doing which i m not 100 happy with was making dots the size of the marker tip. 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. Once i finished and my design was dry i baked the mug in the oven for 35 minutes at 300 f. Just scrub your design off with the rough side of a sponge dry and start again.

For a dishwasher safe finish place the finished pieces in a cool oven set the temperature to 275 f and bake for 30 minutes then cool with the oven door partially open. Leave around 3 inches 7 6 cm to the top of the container. Fill a tupperware container with warm water. Turn the oven onto bake at 360.