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Magnetic Stirrer Resurfacing & Mug Decoration

Half a year of plunking my morning cocoa mug on the magnetic stirrer had pretty well scuffed up its platform, so this seemed like a good idea:

Magnetic stirrer - vinyl surface
Magnetic stirrer – vinyl surface

Rather than add the blue disk to the small-scraps collection, I converted the Squidwrench logo into a LightBurn layout:

Squidwrench logo - laser cut layout
Squidwrench logo – laser cut layout

The roll of transfer tape I have on hand doesn’t stick well to the polyurethane sheet, so easing the vinyl onto the mug required careful tweezer work:

Squidwrench logo on mug
Squidwrench logo on mug

It’s on the other side of the mug from the original, somewhat battered, logo.

Now we can learn how long polyurethane sheets survive under the same conditions.