This water bottle featuring nature photography is the perfect addition to your hike.
Sawgrass
Skill Level: Beginner
Tools & Supplies to Make It:
MySawgrass+ Membership
Sawgrass SG500 or SG1000 Printer
Tumbler Press
8.5”x11” or larger sublimation paper
25oz Stainless Steel Water Bottle
Denatured Alcohol and a lint free cloth
Heat Tape
How to Create It:
Log into MySawgrass and from the Landing Page choose Design.
For your product, select the 25oz Stainless Steel Tumbler with widemouth and black portable straw lid. It can be found under Drinkware.
On the Create Your Design Panel, click on Designs. Click on the filter icon and then select Outdoors and click apply.
Click More and choose the Adventure Awaits design.
Use your mouse as a lasso and select all pieces of the design and then use the move icon to slide it to the water bottle photo on the left.
Center it in the area.
Select the image and in the box that opens, click on the color and change it to white, hex code #FFFFFF. Make sure to hit done.
Do the same thing for the text, changing the color to #FFFFFF.
Click the Duplicate icon on the right panel and move the copy into place on the right side using the move icon.
On the Create Your Design Panel, click on Elements and then Backgrounds.
Next, click on Patterns.
Click on the filter icon and then select Photography and click apply.
Choose the Forest Treetops background and hit done.
You can adjust the size of the pattern by scrolling to the bottom of the left panel. We used the Exact Fit option
When finished, make sure to click done.
When your design is finished, hit the Print button to send the job to the Sawgrass Print Utility.
How to Print It:
You should get a popup that asks if you want to open Sawgrass Print Utility. You will need to click Open Sawgrass Print Utility. If you are not seeing this, you’ll need to disable your popup blocker.
In the Sawgrass Print Utility, start by scrolling down and making sure your print orientation is set to Landscape.
For this project, you can use the preset Stainless Steel Tumbler.
Make sure that the media size and type match what you have in the printer.
On the Color Management Tab, we suggest having the Color Mode set to Vibrant.
When you’ve confirmed all of your settings, Hit Print.
How to Press It:
Adjust your tumbler press to fit snuggly around the 25 oz water bottle.
Turn your press on and set the temperature to 375 degrees and the time to 60 seconds.
Prepare your tumbler by using denatured alcohol on a lint free cloth to remove any dust or fibers.
Wrap your design around the cup and tape it tightly in place with heat resistant tape.
Place the cup in the heat press and close.
After 60 seconds, rotate the tumbler and press for another 60 seconds.
Tips & Tricks:
It is easiest to remove the paper from the tumbler if you do it as soon as it is pressed. If it does stick, the paper can be washed off with warm water.
Make sure to remove any accessories like lids when pressing tumblers. If there are plastic portions to the top that cannot be remove, make sure they are sticking out of the press to avoid melting.
