Ready in 2–3 business days. UV DTF does not run on the same-day schedule. Whether you are shipping or picking up, your order is ready 2–3 business days (48–72 hours) after you place it — the ship date and the pickup date are the same.

UV DTF stickers stick to hard things. Tumblers, glassware, stainless steel, powder-coated metal, acrylic, sealed wood, ceramic, phone cases, candle jars, journals, laptops, toolboxes, signage. No heat press, no oven, no transfer tape gymnastics — peel, press with your thumb, pull the top film off. That is the whole process.

What this is not

UV DTF does not go on fabric. It will not survive a wash and it will not flex with a garment. If you are decorating apparel, you want our DTF Transfers or Sublimation Transfers instead. If you are decorating a hard surface, you are in the right place.

Surfaces it holds on

• Excellent: glass, stainless steel, powder-coated tumblers, acrylic, ceramic, glazed tile, hard plastic, phone cases
• Good: sealed or finished wood, painted metal, coated cardboard, leatherette
• Poor: raw or unsealed wood, silicone, unfinished porous surfaces, anything flexible
• No: fabric of any kind

Curves

UV DTF handles the gentle curve of a tumbler or a bottle without wrinkling. It does not handle compound curves — a shape that bends two directions at once, like the nose of a football or a sharply tapered cup. For heavily tapered drinkware, use one of the wrap sizes below, which are cut to follow the taper.

Drinkware wrap sizes

How to apply

1. Clean the surface with rubbing alcohol and let it dry completely. Any oil or dust under the sticker becomes a lifted edge later.
2. Peel the sticker off its backing sheet. The design stays on the clear top film.
3. Position it. You get one shot — the adhesive grabs on contact and does not reposition well.
4. Burnish firmly from the center outward with your thumb, a squeegee, or a credit card. Press every part of the design, especially the edges.
5. Peel the clear top film off slowly at a sharp angle. If any part of the design lifts with it, lay it back down, burnish that spot again, and continue.
6. Let it sit 24 hours before washing or heavy handling so the adhesive fully cures.

Care

Waterproof, scratch resistant, and UV stable once cured. Hand wash. A dishwasher will not destroy it immediately but repeated cycles on the heated top rack will shorten its life and can lift the edges. Not for the microwave.

Setting up your file

• Transparent PNG at 300 DPI, built at the finished size you are ordering
• RGB is fine — no need to convert to CMYK
• We print a white underbase automatically, so your colors stay opaque on dark tumblers and clear glass
• No cut lines needed. We kiss-cut to the shape of your artwork, so anything transparent in your file simply is not there on the sticker
• Very fine detail and hairlines under about 1pt may not survive the cut — thicken them if you can

Ordering a lot of them

Buying these one size at a time gets expensive past a handful. If you need volume or a mix of designs, build a UV DTF Gang Sheet instead — you arrange as many designs as you like on a 22"-wide sheet and pay for the length, which is a good deal cheaper per sticker.