Change coffee cup emblem/wording

First we will discuss how to remove printing/painting/emblems from a ceramic coffee cup, and then we will show how to put on whatever WE want on the cup. 

Step 1 Evaluate the cup and gather tools.

First off,  safety first !   There is going to be flying debris,  tiny pieces of ceramic, glazing, and paint,  some of it in powder form.  

So first I put on my safety goggles.   Secondly,  I placed a  fan to my right and one fan in the window to my left (configure them as suites best in your room),  the one to my left in the window, was set to draw air to the outside, while the one to my right blew directly over my work area.

I found my dremel and placed a sanding wheel on it.   Later, I found that it was better to start with a course "stone" wheel, and then, once all it removed,  touch it up with the sanding wheel.......it took too long, and wasted too much sanding paper to use those at the start.

The paints and coatings I used were the type that required curing by baking (350 ^o F or 177 ^o C for about 30 minutes).

Comments

[Lithium Rain]

Nice!

[Goodhart]

Thanks. I am sure someone can do the stencils better then I did...they came out a bit on the crude side :-)

[porcupinemamma]

Way to go Mike! when you find the link to the paints I'll be interested to see it. You could make all sorts of gifts with your idea. 2nd hand stores often sell cups with stupid stuff on them for a dime or so

[Goodhart]

Um, like I mentioned to Lemonie, I just went to the local craft store.....and used the type of acrylic paints that "can" be baked on.

The Cobalt Blue (my favorite color) paint has the brand name of:    PLAID FolkArt enamels and on the bottle the addy is
http://www.plaidonline.com

the clear coat has the name: Studio by Sculpey
and their addy is
http://www.studiobysculpey.com

Both addies are valid (I just checked them), but most craft stores carry them.

[porcupinemamma]

ooooooooooooohhh! My favourite colour too. Mike, the reason I asked is because I live in a really small town and we don't have such a store. With petrol prices being really high, I was hoping to find an on-line source to save a car trip to the city. Again-fabulous idea!

[Goodhart]

Oh ok well those two links are "direct from the source" links. Here is one source for the PLAID paints http://www.hofcraft.com/painting-on-glass.html ' - and here is the one for the clear coat http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/studio-by-sculpey-glaze-finish-polymer-clay-beads/4546/ - Sorry about the lack of formatting, I am back to work and stuck with MSIE and it doesn't let me use the rech editor ;-)

[porcupinemamma]

You are so clever!!! xxoo

[Goodhart]

Hmmm, well it would be nice of those that live near me thought so too :-) Thanks though.

[porcupinemamma]

Hear Yea! Hear Yea! Mike is clever! Mike is clever! Mike is clever!

[Goodhart]

Looks like you and I are the only ones acknowledging this one LOL

[porcupinemamma]

My dragon is in agreement. Mike- I hand felted a really cool dragon. I'll ask my husband to take a picture so i can show you, that he thinks you're a clever dude.

[Goodhart]

As long as we aren't "dragin' " this out too long ;-)

[Kryptonite]

That came up nicely! Good job.

[Goodhart]

Well, I got a bit smudged, so not as nice as I would have liked it, but good enough for home/office use ;-)

[Kryptonite]

That's all that counts really. I've been helping turn a shed into a house because we've recently bought a 2 acre property that needs somewhere to live on it. After we do that we'll build the real thing. :D

[Goodhart]

Of course, I work with a combination of persons, most of which are younger and many of which are MUCH younger then I am, and so far, no one has commented on the emblem I have on my cup, nor acknowledged that they know "what" it means.....I think one fellow thinks I am part of a cult or something LOL

[Kryptonite]

Ha ha, the only reason I know the Green Lantern sign is from an Instructable, and also because of Movie World (which I visited last week).

[ChrysN]

Great idea! I have cups I never use because they have ugly corporate logos, I'll give it a try. PS. That's a nice multi-bladed knife set!

[Goodhart]

Oops, I meant:   "as I mentioned to Cameron"  :-)

[Goodhart]

It took a bit of doing.....3 weeks of experimentation with different dremel wheels and dust removal ideas.....the little paper masks that you can buy are virtually worthless IMHO Thanks, the knife set was a gift about 2-3 years ago, and I finally found a use for some of the blades :-) It isn't as handy as my pocket knife, which I use most of the time, but it worked much better for this job.

[CameronSS]

The paints and coatings I used were the type that required curing by baking (350 ^o F or 177 ^o C for about 30 minutes).
Is there a link to this paint? Certain clueless knuckleheads (me) might read that an still not have any idea what you're talking about.

That aside, looks nice! I'm surprised it came off so easily. I wonder how hard it would be to make a sort of flexible stamp to eliminate peeling-stencil issues. Molding silicon comes to mind, but that's kind of expensive.
 

[Goodhart]

In case you haven't found them yet, here are the two paints I used:


The Cobalt Blue (my favorite color) paint has the brand name of: PLAID FolkArt enamels and on the bottle the addy is http://www.plaidonline.com

the clear coat has the name: Studio by Sculpey and their addy is http://www.studiobysculpey.com

[Goodhart]

Most craft stores have acrylics that can be dried "either" by air or for a more permanant hold (making them more solid), they can be baked also. It will say so on the bottle (sometimes on the front and the back). But I will have to go find the bottles again to give a brand name (I got mine from A.C. Moore craft store). Well, as for the peeling, I didn't risk baking it with the stencil still on the mug, and it doesn't adhere real well, before baking.

[lemonie]

This is interesting, I'll have a closer look at my cups.

L

[Goodhart]

Mine didn't turn out factory grade, as I mentioned, so the stenciling may be able to be done in a better way, I didn't experiment that far, since I didn't need it to look THAT good. I did notice that the paints were really thick though, and some thinning may need to be done, but don't thin them too much, they are supposed to go on fairly thick.

[fwjs28]

very nice, great instuctions too. may i ask though, what is the emblem?

[Goodhart]

Here is a link

[Goodhart]

BTW: thank you

[Goodhart]

any symbol or picture used to represent something (for instance, the one on the cup is the Green Lantern's emblem)

[fwjs28]

i know what an emblem is you silly goose! And how did i not notice the green lantern? Nice work :D

[Goodhart]

Oh, pshaw....I misread your post, sorry about that.