DIY Sharpie Mug

Today I would like to teach you how to make a sharpie mug by yourself.


SUPPLIES:

- Inexpensive ceramic/porcelain mugs
- Sharpie PAINT Pens (oil based) any color
- Bling Wipes *absolute must!
- Bag of coffee that will fit in your mug
- Rubbing Alcohol
- Q-tips/Cotton balls
- Ribbon
- Oven

Steps:

1. Make sure that your cup is thoroughly cleaned, using rubbing alcohol works best. Don’t forget to remove all price stickers, otherwise when you bake the mug they will burn.

2. Sketch out your design on a piece of scrap paper until you are happy with it. 

3. Only using Sharpie Paint Pens is very important. Regular Sharpies don’t work! Start creating your design on your mug. Here I made a little mistake to illustrate how easy it is to erase/clean the Sharpie paint with rubbing alcohol. Make sure to fully remove ALL excess paint, if you don’t it will bake on and look smudgy.

4. You can use ANY Sharpie paint pen color that will show up on your mug, but some colors will get darker after baking.

5. To clean up your design you can scratch paint off with your nail or a needle. You can also erase with q-tips or cotton balls with rubbing alcohol.

6. Once you are happy with your design, make sure your mug is completely clean and remove all excess paint streaks from erasing mistakes, if you don’t it will bake and appear smudgy. In 72 hours you will be ready to bake your mug. That’s right. You need to wait 3 days to let the paint fully dry on your mug before baking. This will ensure proper adhesion of the design to your mug.

Done! Enjoy this custom mug?