Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
Re: Mugs: thinking of getting a heat press for mugs
DONT GET A PRESS!!! THEY SUCK! WE'VE HAD TWO! THEY SUCK!
(We'll sell ours to you infact )
Seriously, the best and cheapest is to use mug wraps and a convection oven! Relaible and you can do several at a time. $20 per wrap and $100 for an oven. Can't beat it. I've spent over a year messing with quality control with the mug press and found the oven is the best way.
Re: Mugs: thinking of getting a heat press for mugs
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Originally Posted by lorena
I'm thinking of getting a heat press for mugs.
How are your sales for mugs. Do you sell many?
Are they easier than t-shirts?
LORENA
Oh, I should add...not worth it if your doing shirts. We've invest alot of money in learning and waste and we've maybe sold 50 mugs. We've only kept it around because we have to with a fulfillment center
Re: Mugs: thinking of getting a heat press for mugs
Hi, I use the mug pro press and sell a lot of mugs,,,, and here is how I do it,,,, I contract with car dealerships,,, every car they sell they take a pic of the customer by their new car,,, the dealership emails me the pic and shipping info,,,, I then put the customers pic on one side and the dealerships logo on the other side and ship,,, cheap advertisement,,, and great for me..... hope this helps...
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Hi, I use the mug pro press and sell a lot of mugs,,,, and here is how I do it,,,, I contract with car dealerships,,, every car they sell they take a pic of the customer by their new car,,, the dealership emails me the pic and shipping info,,,, I then put the customers pic on one side and the dealerships logo on the other side and ship,,, cheap advertisement,,, and great for me..... hope this helps...
R.
Wow!
How did you come up with that? I bet that would work with other things to... like real estate people.
Re: Mugs: thinking of getting a heat press for mugs
Hey, I am a marketing mad man, thats what I did for work, territory development,, I would develope areas and then turn it over to a sales staff,,, This will work for almost any type of retail that has a volume, rv dealers, real estate, pool builders or,,just about any high end ticket, same goes with t shirts, but mugs are cheaper.
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I bought the press used from a guy that had it sitting in his garage barely used,, stumbled upon it at a yard sale,,, its a older one but it works great, I get great press out of it, I take the cups out ,, take the design off and put them directly in room temp water. If you are doing a ton at one time the oven is the way to go, although I have talked to people the have a bunch of press working at once,, say they dont like ovens sooo it boils down to each their own..
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I have a okidata with laser dyesub toner.. I do mugs with wraps and love them.. I started with just 2 wraps but bought 8 more the next week lol.. I also got the shot glass wrap and some shot glasses.. tommorow im making up a bunch of shot glasses with logos of a motorcyle company who is going to sturgis.. (he also is buying shirts, mousepads.. stickers and loads of stuff.. But i really actually enjoy doing the mugs.. ..
we are also doing a large order of mugs and plates for a church fundraiser.. here locally..
Re: Mugs: thinking of getting a heat press for mugs
I would not invest in a mug press. I would buy mug wraps and use a cheap $40 convection oven.I use this set up and it works great.I can do 6 mugs at a time and can still do other things at the same time.This allows me to get more done. If you need more info you can send me a pm. Good luck.... JB
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