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The same design and coating in matte black. Dark when cold, clear when a hot drink warms the ceramic, dark again as it cools. The mechanism is identical to the glossy version and the surface is not, which on a design made mostly of lettering is the deciding difference.
Letterforms are judged by their edges, and a glossy body puts a bright moving highlight directly across those edges whenever the mug is picked up. Matte scatters the light, the black stays flat, and the phrase comes up with clean boundaries. Thin strokes survive, where gloss softens them at exactly the point the eye is working. If the wording is why you chose this design, this is the finish that respects it, and gloss is the one that looks better while the mug is doing nothing.
Matte ceramic has a slight grip where glaze slips, which most people prefer when the mug is full and hot, and it does not collect the finger marks that gloss shows around the handle. At rest it looks like a plain dark mug with nothing to suggest anything is printed on it. For a sentiment that one person is supposed to receive privately, that blankness is part of the appeal rather than a shortcoming, and nobody picks the mug up and reads it by accident.
Brightness decides the result here more than anywhere else, because everything is seen through the coating. A well lit subject against a darker background surfaces confidently; an underexposed photograph struggles whatever is done to it. Our designers raise the contrast on the file individually and will tell you if it sits below the point where adjustment helps rather than printing it and leaving you to find out.
The coating clears upward from the base over a few seconds. The same forever and always wording is made in glossy heat-reveal black, on plain white in three capacities, with a coloured handle, with a heart-shaped handle, and in versions that add birthday, love you or thank-you wording. The larger sizes exist on plain white alone, so if capacity matters that body decides itself.
Keep it out of the dishwasher and wash by hand. A microwave ruins the colour change. The picture is sublimated under the black coating.
Colour Enhancement costs $1.99 per image. Hand wash only. It is not microwave safe.
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Every crystal is crafted in Chicago with care, precision, and premium materials.
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Our custom mug printing process uses the latest in sublimation printing technology to ensure your favorite photos never peel or fade in the microwave or dishwasher. Add up to 5 photos, align them just the way you like, add text, then get ready to sip in style.
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