Drinkware decoration, understood.
Decorate tumblers, mugs, bottles, cups and coolers with the curve in mind: engraving against printing, wrap and seam limits, lid and handle clearance, washing durability and food contact safety.
Start with Can you put a logo on a tumbler? What happens to your artwork, the overview for this topic. Each guide after it answers a separate buying, preparation or troubleshooting question.
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Can you put a logo on a tumbler? What happens to your artwork
Yes, a logo goes on a tumbler by laser engraving or digital inkjet. How the curve, the lid and the seam limit the artwork, and what to send us.
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Engraving vs printing on drinkware: how to choose the method
Laser engraving, screen print, heat transfer, digital inkjet and sublimation compared for drinkware: color, permanence, minimums and which we actually offer.
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Is sublimation dishwasher safe? What the method can and cannot do
Sublimation dye sits inside a polyester coating, so it does not peel, but detergents and abrasion still matter. What we sublimate, and what we do not.
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Are custom mugs dishwasher and microwave safe? Read the mug
Our 11 oz ceramic mugs are dishwasher and microwave safe. Why that is a property of the mug, not the print, and which drinkware is hand wash only.
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Printing on a curved surface: what a flat file cannot tell you
A flat rectangle cannot show how artwork sits on a cylinder. Wrap seams, taper, shoulder curve and why we draw no trim line on drinkware or bottles.
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Mug handle and lid: how hardware eats your print area
Handles split a wrap into two panels and lids remove height. How to plan drinkware artwork around hardware instead of discovering it after production.
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Double wall insulated drinkware: what the construction changes
How double wall vacuum insulation works, what the hot and cold hour figures mean, and why insulated vessels are usually hand wash and never microwave.
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Is custom drinkware food safe? What the labels actually mean
What food contact safety means on branded drinkware: FDA food contact substances, BPA free claims, lead and cadmium in decoration, and Prop 65 warnings.
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Paper cups vs cold cups: which one your drink needs
Paper cups take hot drinks and full color wraps; clear PET cold cups take one color front and back and cold drinks only. Sizes, lids, cases and minimums.
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Coffee sleeve vs double wall cup: which to print and stock
A sleeve gives you a cheap branded surface you can change; a double wall cup is one item instead of two. Materials, minimums and how to decide.
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Custom can coolers: printing a logo on a collapsible sleeve
Can and bottle coolers give you about 8.6 inches of circumference and one seam. Materials, why the print area is a band not a rectangle, and how to brief it.
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Laser etched glassware: what etching does to your design
Laser etching frosts the glass surface, so it will not fade or wash off, but it gives one tone. Why text and graphics work and photographs do not.
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Reusable branded cups for events: choosing by what happens after
Stadium cups, clear party cups and steel keeper cups from 8 to 32 oz. How to choose between reusable and single use for an event, and what each run really costs.
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