How To Remove Sublimation Ink! Don't Throw Your Mugs AWAY!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Today I will be showing you how to remove sublimation ink from mugs and not waste them. No need to throw them away. Fix Your mistakes! This method works. Like, subscribe and follow for weekly uploads!
This process should work on other items such as tumblers, wine steins etc!
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You can resublimate. Put the mug in a convection oven at 400 degrees for an hour that will fade the image, the resublimate again but this time use a complicated, preferably dark pattern (kind of like when you get a coverup tattoo). I've saved many mugs and tumblers this way.
I want to say thank you. I didn’t need to remove my image I just needed to take off some ghosting and I used white vinegar on a makeup sponge and then used the sponge 🧽 to scrub it. It came off amazingly and save my mug.
Excellent
This is exactly what I was hoping I could do for ghosting….going to give it a try!
@@katrinasgracefulcreations3711 Do you think this would work to remove lint dye on the white part of a metal tumbler?
This is awesome! I have one that has a little ghosting…can’t wait to try it! 😄
May I ask how long you let it soak or if you did? Thanks😁
The scourer and pressure you used is what took the coating off, we use them in car paint shops to scuff up paint on a car that’s getting a paint job done 😊
I am very new to this and this was one of my first worries. I do believe in being able to use resources efficiently and you taught me something really valuable. Thank you very much!!!!
So glad I could help
I could have saved like 20 mugs last month if I knew this!!!! Thank you
Awwww Hopefully, this can help you for the future.
OMG me too!
Right!
Not only have you probably scrubbed off the sublimation coating, but you have now embedded micro scratches all over the mug so whatever design goes on next, longevity will be an issue. Also, I buy mugs for well under a dollar, so it’s cheaper and less time consuming to just use a new mug!
Great video anyhow, this is how we all learn!
Where do you get your mugs, if you don’t mind sharing. 👀. To save some us irritated crafters some time lol
Please share if you may
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May I ask where do you get your mugs?
Where do you buy mugs under a dollar?! Do you purchase in bulk?
Sad 3 mugs were messed up. Very grateful you showed us how to remove the sublimation after messed up though. Thank you for always teaching. hello to your son too.
Hello and you’re welcome.
I put a commercial Sublimation solution on a Dollar Tree ceramic mug. When I sublimated on the mug, the image came out great except that I didn't have the wrap tight enough and the mug didn't cover evenly. I viewed several videos on how to remove the sub ink from the mug including the vinegar, heat and paint thinner methods. However, I found, at least in my case, that simply using nail polish remover does the trick. I put a small amount of nail polish remover on a paper towel and rubbed it on the mug. It took a few paper towels, but the sublimation came right off without scrubbing. I'll have to put the sublimation solution on the mug again, since I believe I also removed that with the nail polish remover. However, I was able to remove all of the ink and am starting with a completely blank coffee mug without any sign of the original image. Just thought I'd send this along and see if you might want to try this method.
I will definitely try that. Never thought about using that. Thanks for the tip. If it works for me I will definitely do a video on it and shout you out.
But can you make a new sublimation on that mug that youcleaned w polish remover?
I could listen to y’all say vinegar all day! So cute. ❣️
Lol. Really.?
The scotch brite pad most likely scrubbed off the polyester coating that accepts the dye.
If you have a lot of messed up mugs like myself 😅 you could probably get away with soaking paper towels in vinegar then wrapping it on the mug and securing with foil or Saran Wrap. So you can do more at a time as well as possibly accelerate the cleaning action.
Also I have the sublimation glaze and I don’t care for it, too much work to apply and it flaked off easily, I decided my sanity was of more value lol.
It looked like alot of work all the times you have to spray it and its so expensive. But great tip. I will try the paper towel method.
@@katrinasgracefulcreations3711 it really is when you consider how much you have to use! And the time loss is as bad as money IMO, it’s impractical when you have limited time. But I think this is a great way to help others get a clean slate so we can do alternative art instead, so thank you! ❤️
You are very welcome
Thx for showing us all cuz I messed up the same way last night and now Ik its my cup for home use
You’re welcome
Omgoodness those mugs are beautiful 🥰 vibrant colors 💕
Thank you so much.
Thankyou, I have sublimation ink on my pvc table cloth, will try soaking it in white vinegar 😊
Let me know if that works
Thank you very much for sharing this and for answering the question I was thinking about regarding removing and resublimating a messed up mug; if it was possible.
You're welcome
Thank you for doing this!!! I have a few tumblers over been holding onto in hopes that I can salvage them
I show videos on how to used messed up tumblers.
I just used Lacquer thinner and its heaven.
Were you able to resublimate the item after doing this?
@@nitanew1 yes, as long as you use a very soft brush (e.g.fine bristles toothbrush or nylon painting brush). The you just have to keep it aside for few days once treated. But take note I applied this method on Sculpey polymer clay, the outcome may differ from clay to clay brand.
Does this work with sublimated tumblers? I have a white line down the middle of mine
I normally just burn it off
Thank you for sharing this. I have a mug I tossed just this week and almost held onto it thinking maybe it could be removed. But watching your video as you were scrubbing it, I wondered if that (or the vinegar) would remove the coating that allows the sublimation. Now we know! But at least you can use for water slide. And your son is adorable, loved the commentary on the smell! :-)
Thank you. And he hates all kinds of smells...he's a trip. Thank you!
What's water slide
Wow!!! It was amazing simply!! I liked it. Thanks. I do sublimations and at times I make mistakes in my sublimations 😳 but now I have as fix it 😊 Thanks again! Go on!! Great job
those mugs are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Thank you.
Thanks for showing that for the benefit of all of us 👍👍
I had to subscribe. I'm sitting here saying if that mug accepts a sublimation image after all that scrubbing and scraping, with vinegar....Imma need to know that mug brand! Great vid!
Lol. Yeah no but I put a water slide right over that baby. Lol
Hi, this method is great and, i suggest you to apply sublimation coating liquid on mugs and heat up the mugs and then you can reprint on them
Yes definitely this video is old
Hey Katrina, great video for educational purposes. Now we know the outcome of this process. But you know you can bake it off in the amount of time it took ti soak it. Then you can rebate them. Thanks for the great content you provide
Yes definitely! I only bake it off now. This video is very old.
Did you think about recoating it with sublimation coating
I'm going to try it.
I have 2 mugs I messed up.
Will let you know.
Thanks for the information 🙂
Thought about it but didn’t need to I knew I could just add a waterslide or vinyl on top of it
Oh wow, the vinegar worked! At least I can still reuse the mug. Thanks for this.
Yes I dont mind using a waterslide or Vinyl every now and then as long as don't have the throw the whole mug away.
Thank you for the tutorial. Good to know.
Those are absolutely beautiful!! I love your videos as they are so informative and helpful. Thank you.
You’re welcome
Those mugs are cute. Love the bling
Thank you
I had thrown out so many wine tumblers. I don’t like headaches and just throw away, but I’ll try it. Safe my money. Love ur images with the blue and orange. Where can I buy the image at. Thanks.
You can buy images off Etsy
Thanks for sharing. That's really great to know that vinegar can remove the images. I wonder if this would work on tumblers. I have so many tumblers that I jacked up. I'll be trying this method on them. Thanks again!
You’re welcome. I’m going to try it on tumblers too. But you can try to burn off the sublimation. I will be doing a video real soon on that.
@@katrinasgracefulcreations3711 Ok...if I burn it off will I be able to sub on it again? I think I'll try it.
❤This video is great. Thank you so much for posting it. ❤
It’s old but you’re welcome
Thank you so much!!
Thank you for doing this video and sharing your results
You’re welcome
Thanks for this valuable info. !! 👏🏾👍🏾 I have some messed up mugs that I can do this to.
Definitely give it a try.
There is a coating on the mugs for Sublimating in to adhere to. I'm guessing the coating got stripped off when cleaned and the ink no longer sticks to the mug. Great Video.. now we know.. Thanks.
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Awesome video Queen. THANK YOU ❤️! I am going to do my 2 mugs I have been holding on to now. Look forward to another great video. God bless 🙌🏽
You're welcome
Thanks for this info. Im a beginner and need hope for possible messups .
No problem. Good luck
@@katrinasgracefulcreations3711 wish it would work on infusible ink messups.
Thank you. I got a few messed up cups that that are sitting cause I couldn’t sell them....Thanks for the magic
You're very welcome! Don't let them go to waste!
I wonder if heating the vinegar will help. Maybe doing a double boiler method, but not actually boiling it
I love your accent - I could listen to you forever lol. New York?
Lol. Yes I’m from NewYork. Thank you.
Can this be done on Tumblers as well?
Can you do this also to a 20oz tumbler?
Could it be due to the scrubbing and not necessarily the vinegar?
Love the bling on your cups where did you purchase the rhinestones please?
Thank you. Mainly from Decko Krafts
Do you think this is possible on tumblers
oh my goodness, those mugs are super cute!!! Can you do a video on how you created that image to sublimate?
Yes
Hi I messed up 2 of my tumbler. Do you know if it works on a tumbler?
Wow. That is amazing. Thank-you!
Can we re-use the same mug for sublimation after removing the old image from it ?
Awesome video!!! You think that method will work on slate sublimation?
Slate sublimation?
@@katrinasgracefulcreations3711 yes
will that work on any cups like 20 oz tumbler
This was very informative. Thank you so much!!
You’re welcome
What size mugs do you prefer and size image do you use
Thannnnk youuu sooo much this is a life saver
Thank you for this sis. Question: what if you heat the vinegar
I have never done that. Don’t know if it would make a difference
Have u tried this with tumbler because i tried it today and had no luck
Hi, Lovely I wonder if when you have residue left over if pure acetone may work to remove the rest of the film?
It just might. I haven’t used acetone in it yet.
@@katrinasgracefulcreations3711 I actually Used some earlier today after the comment as I got some coffee mugs with someone else's logo so I recycled them and it worked a charm.
Can you cook this in my oven?
Very useful video. Thanks
You’re welcome
Love it thanks for the video question you said you would waterslide on mug when you waterslide then how do you seal?
Bake it in oven for 8 to 10 minutes and the image is sealed on
Maybe you shouldn’t scrub and just let it sit longer and see if it keeps the protection on the mugs? Just a thought
It say over night and still didn't come off. You have to scrub a little
Would this work for the frosted Libbey beer glasses as well?
I’m sure it would but it might scratch the frosted glass and show scratch marks
Thank you so much! For letting us know. Have a bless day!
You're welcome. Be blessed!
hello I'm trying to find out what kind of printer do I need to buy and what kind of ink for coffee cups can you help me please ,and what kind of price price range we talkin about.
There are so many different sublimation printers. I have the Eason 7710 that I converted. I have a full video on that on my page. But there is a new sawgrass 500 that came out that that doesn’t need converting. You have to see which model method works best for you. They have the eco tanks as well that don’t need converting. Do a search on best budget sublimation printers and go from there. It’s all personal preference. Each printer holds different size paper. So think about the projects you want to do. If you’re just starting start small. Cosmos ink is great but I used I Printers Jack from Amazon and it has been great. Again check out my video with my printer on my page to see if that helps.
Say hi to your son for me too😃. That was a very good answer to the question for me that has not come up yet. But now I know the answer when it does thanks to you. Thanks again for caring and for sharing. Oops it end up sounding like AA meeting 😄👍
That made me laugh 😆 No problem at all. I will definitely let lil man know you said hi. Glad I could help. Be blessed!
You can put it in a convection oven at 400 and hour and it will lighten enough to put a dark picture on it. It does work and doesn't take the coating off
Yes I have tried it but the smears and spreads and doesn’t work that well.
Will this work on sublimated sheet metal?
I think it will work if you added the sublimation coating after removing the initial design.
Thank You
so if it comes off and redo it with sublimation glaze will it work im just getting started and i messed up alot of cups 👀so im thinking about buying the glaze i will try ur method and then the glaze and let u know
I haven’t used the glaze but I do know it works and have seen others use it.
@@katrinasgracefulcreations3711 i ordered and i will let u know because i made a whole 6 cup mess and i watched ur other videos thanks for the cup tips
@@katrinasgracefulcreations3711 the prices are much better
@@katrinasgracefulcreations3711 the prices are much better
@@savagelife50 thank you let me know. I need to order some myself. Lol
So you had to throw it away after all that? Or use vinyl over it
No as stated in the video you can use waterslide or vinyl
I have bake then in the oven to remove image and it faded the image a lot but not all the way so I redid it in a darker image and it worked
Good to know! I will definitely try!
I I cannot get my measurements right for my tumblers I sat it on the program Canva and when I print it it comes out a different size can you please tell me what I’m doing wrong
What size are the water slide image and where did you get your images from
very informative
Walmart Tomorrow for the gallon thanks sis
You’re welcome
Wonderful video thank you but I was wondering why you didn’t try the other side of the mug to sublimate on or did it have to be that side just wondering thank you again
Because I didn’t want it on the left side of the mug and I still would of had to remove the other side. When you scrub off the coating you can see where you scrub so I wanted to cover it up. Also A right handed person holds the mug with the handle to the right.
@@katrinasgracefulcreations3711 That's why I put my images in the middle, it serves two purposes
@@jawanna1 if that works for you great.!
DO you think this work for the tumblers?
Can you take sublimation ink out of tshirt also
Thanks for the info - good to know...p.s. omg those mugs are beautiful!
Will this work on a 20 0z tumbler? Thanks
A lot or work but I normally just burn the image off much faster but it won’t remove everything
This is good to know. Thanks for the video Sistergreek! I use A-Sub paper too. Love it.
YES I love it. You're welcome.
Hii! I noticed from one of your comments that you have used Cosmos ink in the past, which is what I currently have. Would you happen to know how long that ink lasts if submerged in white vinegar? Is it about the same? Thank you for the video!
I never said that I never used cosmos. I said I was going to try it but because the ink I have never gave me a problem and is so much cheaper I never tried their ink. But I need to do a video review on it.
@@katrinasgracefulcreations3711 My apologies, I misread. 💞
I tested it! The cyan, magenta, and yellow inks all come off within about half an hour. The black ink seems to stick around longer than the polyester coating.
Its applicable for any sublimation product like fabric i want to change my black hoodie with gray it is posible or not?
Oh I have never tried this on fabric.
I knew there was a video on this... you've just saved me a bunch of $$$!!!!! Thank you girl!!!!!
Also, have you tried Poly Gloss? If someone was dead set on sublimating, they could just recoat the mug with a sublimation base coat, correct? I didn't know if you had tried that at all...
I mentioned the glaze in the video...I might try it one day but didn't want to spend that much for it. Thanks for info.
Good video thanks I would have trashed the mug or give it to the customer if local ❤
Done for educational purposes. You can bake the image off.
Hello Katrina. Please if you can help. So i am doing sublimation. I have a problem with black color. My printer is Epson (not so important which model), and i bought it recently, so it is a new printer and already problem started. The problem was also on old printer before. Sometimes i print many pages and everything is clear on paper. But meanwhile after some amount of prints, the paper have tiny tiny black dots. Those dots are so small that you can see them on the paper very hard. So i am always checking before sublimation, immediately when print is done. Sometimes if i don't see that there are dots, on a mug is really a big mess, not nice to see. Sometimes a little more, sometimes not so much. And then i need to do a Head Cleaning. And when it is done, everything is ok and clear for some followings prints. And then again, dots appears again. So i know it is not good to do Head Cleaning so often, so i try to find a solution. I think that there is a problem with a color? Maybe i should try to buy another color? Because printer is new, so printer can't be problem, at least i think so. Also not sure that paper is problem. And what is interesting, dots are always black, never other color. I am doing everything in photoshop, i know that there are many option, i tried that also, but then is problem with color od design etc. Please if you have have some thoughts, everything can help. Sorry for english and so much texts.
This just happened to me on the first two mugs, I think it's because I haven't used the printer for a week.
SERIOUSLY gOD BLESS YOU
Wonder if hydrogen peroxide and a UV light would take it off. With out hurting the mug coating probably take longer. But worth a shot
Hi does this damage the cups in anyway?
Damage how? No
Hi Katrina what are the reasons for the ink spots after sublimating a mug and how can we get rid of them before damaging the mug and the photo? Thank you dear.
Hi I actually switched my ink back to the epson ink and you’re not supposed to. I though it was good when I switched back but found that I needed to run more nozzle checks. It’s fine now but the ink wasn’t right when I put it back in so it came out light
So I tried both vinegars with 2 tumblers and just so you know it doesn’t work. And I checked every half hour for 2 hours then let it sit for 4.5 hours and nothing came off. I saw on another video where a lady did paint remover and that worked so I’m trying that next.
did you try 100% acetone? I took some off with this but it was before it went through the final baking process.
Is will I tried it on epoxy. Will definitely try thanks
Hiya, I loved the image that you put on your mugs, I'd love to see a video of you attaching all the pearls x Can you tell me how you find the difference between the water slide and the sublimation, I tried the water slide first but it came off really quickly, so I bought all the sublimation stuff which I love. How did you get on with the water slide?
Here is a video I did a while ago
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You have to add poly gloss sublimation to recoat the glass dye press sells it!
I’m not affiliated in any way to them! She’s on to something though you can use apple cider vinegar to remove rust! I’ve seen two of her videos I subscribed! I’m just wondering if you can just wipe it off at the right time with a towel! And figure a way to get the apple cider vinegar smell to dissipate
Will this work in tumblers?
I’m sure it will but this method will take too long in tumblers. I just burn it off I have videos showing that method
Question does the mugs have scratches from rubbing it?
No
So pretty, what glue do you use for,the gems stones?
I have 2 bling tutorial videos on my channel but I use E6000