Halloween isn't just about costumes and collecting sweets any more. In the UK, it's also an excuse to get together with friends, decorate the house and exchange little seasonal treats. With Halloween falling on a Saturday in 2026, there's plenty...

Have you ever pressed a sublimation mug, only to find that the transfer paper refuses to come off properly? You start peeling it away, but parts of the paper stay firmly attached. The sections you manage to remove leave the...

You open the heat press, lift the transfer paper and immediately notice something is wrong. The colours look washed out, the image lacks contrast, or one side of the design is noticeably paler than the other. What do you do...

If you already own a multi-function heat press, you may not need a separate mug press to start making sublimation mugs. Both can produce good results, but the finished print's consistency depends on how evenly you apply heat and pressure...

The first time you receive an order for 100 sublimation mugs, it feels like a big moment. And it is. For a small sublimation business, an order of that size can be genuinely exciting. It means someone trusts you with...

A sublimation print can look excellent right off the heat press. The colours are strong, the details are sharp, and the finished product looks exactly as expected. Then, a few weeks later, something changes. The colours no longer look quite...

Every heat transfer business reaches this point eventually. The heat press that has been part of the workshop for years starts behaving a little differently. It takes longer to reach temperature. One corner of the platen seems hotter than another....

Everyone has their own way of working. One person likes to prepare all the artwork first thing in the morning. Another prefers to print an order as soon as it comes in and press it straight away. Some people keep...

Almost every sublimation business starts in roughly the same place. There is usually one printer, one heat press, a small collection of blanks and a workspace that might be a spare room, garage, workshop or even part of the kitchen...

There's no shortage of advice on improving sublimation printing. Search for almost any sublimation problem, and you will find an article explaining how to avoid ghosting, bleeding, fading, colour problems or poor transfer results. Plenty of information covers temperature, pressure,...