Is that mug the Libby 25oz sports mug? I'm trying to find an economical supplier for 100 of those things. Do they ship OK? Mine have to go cross-country and wondering if I can use the original carton or if I need to enhance it to survive....
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Is that mug the Libby 25oz sports mug? I'm trying to find an economical supplier for 100 of those things. Do they ship OK? Mine have to go cross-country and wondering if I can use the original carton or if I need to enhance it to survive....
Bruce Clumpner
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Nope ordinary dish soap is not the 'secret' coating.. Keep searching ..Its worth the hunt and it 'does' work.. Hint.. It premixes with hot water...
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Bruce; I find when shipping mugs, if you wrap them in some foam, like construction sill gasket before putting them back into their original segmented cartons. I then usually hot glue 1/2" Styrofoam on all sides then over wrap the carton with cardboard glued in place with the hotmelt gun.. Its a lot of work, but my customers don't have to deal with broken glass. If anything breaks, they send me a photo of the broken pieces (never happened yet) and I replace it for free. Glass mugs can be ordered from most restaurant supply houses, the ones I use are not Libby, I think they come from Arcoroc in France, I buy them from a wholesaler. I import all my other glass.
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You coat your glasses in oatmeal?!Originally Posted by Bill Cunningham
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Honed my Google-foo on this....
Go to the grocery store and buy some envelopes of gelatin..(not jello..ha..) Mix it with a little hot water, and make it thick(thicker the better as long as it's not lumpy). Paint this on the surface of the glass, and leave it till it drys like a soft coating (usually overnight does it). then hit it a little harder with the laser than you normally would, and use at 600 dpi (or what ever your lasers equiv. is..) Now your etching the glass through a soft coating that keeps the micro fracturing under control and etches without flaking in 99% of the cases. This coating mix also works well on artist canvas. Coating it and letting it dry, surface treats the canvas to allow a ordinary inkjet printer to print sharp photos on ordinary painting canvas.. If you inkjet print on inkjet canvas the canvas your buying (at very high prices) is treated like this..
Thanks Bill, gonna give this a try some time and post my results.
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Then use the dish soap to clean it up
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Actually it will just disolve in water.. You may have to experiment with getting it thick enough. The thicker the dried coating the better, and the more control it has over fracture dot size.Then use the dish soap to clean it up
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WOW BILL that is STUNNING!
Last edited by Keith Winter; 05-07-2015 at 10:25 AM.
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