Baking Sharpie On Ceramic

Choose the right sharpie for mugs.

Baking sharpie on ceramic. This diy works best with cheap dollarstore dollartree in particular ceramic mugs. While sharpie mugs are very popular right now there doesn t seem to be any consensus on how to best make the mugs. How to decorate plates with sharpies. So i am putting it to the test.

To make your sharpie mug washable and usable you need to make sure you use an oil based sharpie marker. With some inexpensive white plates an assortment of permanent markers and an oven you can create one of a kind decorative pieces for display and gift giving. Don t let your kids continue to add to his design over the course of a week or it may not be done in time for father s day. Some other sharpie mug methods say 350 or 375 but the hotter the oven the more the original white glaze will melt and allow your sharpie paint to set in so i like to bake my mugs at 425.

Check out this super easy diy. There are ceramic paints that are formulated to be baked and the colors come out vibrant and true. I have seen a lot of chatter about baking sharpie markers onto ceramic items and if it really works. A modern starburst design.

I love crafty texas girl s version a beautiful mess also did an adorable version brooklyn limestone has a great plate idea however she uses a real ceramic pen for hers if you bake the sharpie design on it its supposed to be permanent. We ordered a few ceramic pieces on amazon grabbed our sharpies and got to work on three simple easy to replicate designs. Supplies used to make marker plates. We ve been seeing the whole diy sharpie ceramics thing all blowing up the web over the last year or two.

So we finally had to try it. Some say that some of the colors change when baked some say that they don t stand up to dishwasher washing or handwashing even and some say that the paint chips off the mugs after a couple uses. I decided to try out one strictly black and white dish and then jazz another one up with color for our weekly taco night. 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.

This is because there is less glaze on them so the paint can adhere better to the ceramic when baked in the oven. My kids were very excited about the idea too so i went to the local dollar store and bought 4 white ceramic plates. Ceramic glazes are fired at much higher temperatures than our home ovens can reach. Baking does not incorporate sharpie colors into the glaze.

Do place mugs and plates in a cold oven and set bake temperature to 425. If you re on pinterest i am sure most of you have seen this awesome idea writing on your dishes with sharpies.