You may have seen the gold Sharpie mug tutorials floating around the webosphere. Seems like such a fun idea, right? Easy way to cuten up some plain mugs. Since I have some plain white mugs I thought I'd give it a try. Let me just state that I get discouraged by DIY tutorials that don't yield professional looking results. Sure, anyone can fake a photo or make something look good on screen, but I want things that are actually going to look good and be worth my time and money.
So I followed the instructions carefully. I colored my mugs (round one showed streaky marker lines so I had to bake and then do a second layer). And baking them took away the shiny gold sheen and left them a dull brassy gold. But I could live with that.
As the mugs sat on my counter top for a while awaiting their photography session, one got a smudge of butter on it. And whadya know! The gold wiped clean off! (So why did I bother baking it? I assumed that would create some sort of permanence). But on the up side, you could do these for a party and then just wipe them clean when you are done, using a little grease or butter! But I'm not sure it's worth baking them. And it's definitely not permanent.
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Good to know!! And they were so cute too! But I like the idea of just decorating them for a party. :)
Thanks so much for posting this. Sorry it failed. Maybe there is a way yet to be shown :-)
Wow! I had no idea it would come off so easily!
The designs you did are super cute! Try a Sharpie Oil Based Paint Pen instead- you can put it in dishwasher too- http://www.abubblylife.com/2013/06/dishwasher-safe-sharpie-coffee-mugs.html
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If you use a paint-based sharpie marker (as opposed to a regular sharpie) the design should be permanent after baking.
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