The Best Way to Sublimate Koozies

The Best Way to Sublimate Koozies
Sublimation is the best way to customize koozies. The colors are super vibrant and you can get a full wrap around print.
The quality and detail of sublimated graphics are hard to match as the inks dye right into the fibers of the material.
See these high quality pet portrait mousepads being sublimated in this video: • How to Sublimate a Mou...
The best part about sublimation koozies is they are a supper popular retail item for big events like weddings, birthday parties and reunions. They are also very affordable to produce, leaving room for big profits.
Watch this video for tips on how to wrap your koozie completely so that there is no white peaking through!
Sublimation is just one of many customization technologies. White Toner Transfers and DTG printing are also great ways to decorate koozies. Learn the difference between these methods in this video: • What's the Difference?...
Products Used:
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Sawgrass Sublimation Printer - www.bestblanks...
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Sublimation Paper - www.bestblanks...
Finishing Sheet - colmanandcompa...

[@peanutbird0426]

I appreciate when people do videos like this, but it sure would be nice if they would include time and temp!

[@ColDesiColman]

Good thought Peanut. We've actually gotten into the habit of NOT putting those in there because those recommendations can vary in some circumstance - by ink paper, and substrate for example. People yell at us when that happens! LOL

[@peanut0426]

@@ColDesiColman then I would say "this is what works for us, you may have to see what works for you." It's just nice to be able to start somewhere instead of guessing. Little thing like that, keep me coming back to someones videos. Otherwise, I don't watch others of theirs.

[@blueshere4u]

THANK YOU for responding to viewings questions. Great video!

[@gabemichaelscotttyfys3616]

Great video! Perfectly solved my white edges issue. Subbed!

[@nancyjohnson400]

Great informative video. What kind of heat press do you have. I love that the bottom slides out!

[@ColDesiColman]

This is the Hotronix Fusion-IQ Heat Press! It is one of our favorites. Has tons of great features - colmanandcompany.com/hotronix-fusion-iq-heat-press.html

[@lindseyking8514]

Mine flatten out a lot, have you had that issue?

[@ColDesiColman]

You will need to reduce the pressure to avoid that. Its a delicate balance, practice makes perfect.

[@lorifretheim8686]

What size do you print your image?

[@sandervanhemert9398]

Great video! How much pressure do you use? Light to medium pressure? Thanks!

[@ColDesiColman]

Yes, but we found you had to test the koozies+heat press combo to see what combo worked best.

[@timellison8503]

I tries my first one Tonight on probably med pressure and one side flatted. I'm gonna try the next one in my mug press.

[@tammypochron6128]

Time and Temp would be nice if you are doing an instruction video

[@ColDesiColman]

We found that 400 degrees for 60 seconds worked best for these koozies and this press. But these recommendations can vary depending on the koozie, heat press and transfer paper you are using! Make sure you warm up the lower platen first.

[@jordynpeterson9648]

What are the dimensions of that transfer AND how do you get both sides of the heat press hot to heat the bottom?

[@ColDesiColman]

Hi Jordyn! We printed this graphic on an 11X17 sheet of Sublimation Paper. The graphic was about 5"x9". So that it could wrap all the way around the koozie and have some bleed. Before putting our koozie in, we kept our press closed for a couple minutes to heat up the lower platen. We found a press time of about 60 seconds worked best to make sure the heat transferred all the way through to the other side. But keep in mind, time, temp and pressure is going to vary depending on your press and the blank koozie you use.

[@frankcurrentii6844]

i'm sorry did you flip the koozie to press the other side?

[@ColDesiColman]

Nope! I pressed with enough time and pressure, so that the heat would flow through to the other side. Therefor, sublimating both sides with just one press. For this specific koozie, we used about 400 degrees for 100 seconds.

[@billhemrich559]

Time and temp?

[@escapedgoat5865]

Time and temperature would be the most helpful part about clicking on this video. A recommendation a place to start trial and error. I know it can vary but that's the biggest part about clicking on the videos.

[@ColDesiColman]

Here are the steps we took for these koozies: 1. Set press to 400 degrees. 2. Heat up lower platen before placing the wrapped koozies in the press. 3. Heat Press at 400 degrees for 60 seconds with medium pressure.

[@escapedgoat5865]

@@ColDesiColman your awsome

[@tracyskillen2541]

Great Video, how were you able to print white ink in your image?

[@ColDesiColman]

Hi Tracy! We actually didn't print white. The white parts of the design remain unprinted, so the color of the koozie (white) is showing!

[@boylesrena11]

What is the time & temp ??

[@ColDesiColman]

@@boylesrena11 Time and temp is going to vary depending on the koozie you use and your heat press. For this application we found that 400 degrees at 60 seconds worked well.

[@reginaarriola4522]

With this technique is there less shrinkage? For some reason my koozie shrinks but I haven’t tried it this way. 🙂

[@ColDesiColman]

@@reginaarriola4522 We haven't noticed that Regina

[@jenbook2332]

What time and temperature did you press?

[@ColDesiColman]

Hi Jen! We found that 400 degrees for 60 seconds worked best for these koozies and this press. Make sure you warm up the lower platen first!

[@tiffanie1218]

What’s the temperature and how long?

[@ColDesiColman]

For these can coolers we found 400 degrees for 90 seconds worked really well. Time and temperature may vary depending on the can cooler you are using!

[@melissad7322]

How did you not get the koozie to stick to itself at that high if heat?

[@ColDesiColman]

Hi Melissa - that hasn't been a problem for us. But if you are having that issue you might consider putting a perfect print pad or something similar there.

[@aprilmost]

What size is this paper

[@ColDesiColman]

We are using and 11 x 17 sheet of the Tex-Print Sublimation Paper - colmanandcompany.com/texprint-r-sublimation-heat-transfer-paper-11x17.html

[@830clm]

hi did you have mirror the image?

[@David_Flournoy]

Only if there is text