Sublimation Coating for Mugs, Ceramic Mugs, Metal Mug, Wood, Glass, Phone Case, Leather, Tumbler - Sublimation Supplies with High Gloss Finish, Waterproof and Super Adhesive - 250ml

Not sure why the one stars apparently it’s not being used correctly. It worked perfectly for me!!

First of, I was impressed by the size of the bottle, thought it would be smaller, but it was pretty big. The activator though it’s very little, but based on the instructions you don’t need that much to make the mix. - I followed the instructions for mugs, and the 22min just burned my mugs all around, in the machine and also in a regular kitchen oven. So I put my own timing down to 5-6min at 350°-400°and they came out perfect. - the application is a bit hard since it dries quickly, the brush does not help, so I used a cotton piece, it still not perfect, but have to practice. Maybe with another material it will be more even or just adding a second layer might help. - the image came out with beautiful colors and again, the application needs work, but the product did what it said it would. Haven’t tried it with any material other than mugs though. Ps- these mugs are from dollar tree and the images were taken out of Google to use for color testing.

I did a glass mug with the Sublimation Coating (it says it worked for glass.) First I cleaned the mug by washing it in the dishwasher and then by washing it by hand. the sublimation coating is very frosted and streaky when it goes on. I thought it would possibly be less frosted looking and streaky after it curred, I was wrong. I noticed that the sublimation coating did not stick in some places, so I tried multiple times to reapply; it did not work I put the sublimation paper around the glass mug and put it in the heat press for mugs. It came out terrible? It was burned and very blurry and where the sublimation coating did not stick to the glass there were blank spots and the paper stuck to the mug. After a lot of scrubbing, I was able to get the paper and the blurry design off the mug.

I got this product and the instructions are very minimal and literally maybe 20 lines long in a small brochure. The instructions stated to mix the solution and then apply with paint brush or sponge brush. I used the sponge brush that came with the kit. The brochure stated to allow to dry for 24 hours before sublimating your product. The product went on streaky and it did not matter what I did to smooth it out, just did not work. Then the product was sticky for almost a week. I had to look on the internet to find out if it is supposed to be sticky or not sticky. Apparently, the cup is not to be sticky prior to sublimation, which took almost a week for the cup to get to the point of not being sticky. This is not a very good product and wasted my money on the product and the cup.

This works well, but PLEASE keep in my the smell is awful. I used it on my porch and not in the house, and the smell lasted over a week. I think if you can buy the sublimation item you need I would go that route. Plus you need an oven that you have decided you will never use again for anything but this product.