How To Make Silhouette Cutting Mat Sticky Again

It will be hard for the rollers to run if your they are getting stuck on the sticky part of your mat.

How to make silhouette cutting mat sticky again.

Using a clean t shirt or sheet repeatedly press the fabric against the sticky portion of your cutting mat. Cleaning a dirty silhouette cutting mat 1. Grab your sponge and start a scrubbin. Using a foam brush paint the mat.

This should loosen most of the dirt and build up off the mat. I found scrubbing my mat with a scrub sponge with dish soap let dry. If there s still stuff stuck on it after that you may need to use a more heavy duty product that can dissolve any material bits seemingly stuck to the mat. Open the bottle of goo gone and dribble a little around the mat.

If you are using the silhouette cameo mats they have a brand new stickiness that lasts a long time so whatever you do with the cameo mats do not use baby wipes and do not use warm soapy water as the special glue will wash away and you will be left with a mat that is completely free of glue. Use aileen s tack it again and again mixed 1 1 with water. Before you restick your cricut or silhouette cutting mat it s important to tape around all the edges. This is to prevent any adhesive that is added from getting onto the edges which may interfere with your machine s rollers.

This will pull off some of the excess adhesive and coat your mat with a bit of lint to tone it down a notch. Start with 1 coat. Once the edges of the mat are taped use a spray adhesive or glue stick. Take the dirty silhouette cutting mat and lay it on a flat surface such as a counter or table.

These are the ways i have read about so far using a lint roller roll the lint roller back and forth over the cutting pad to get all the paper pieces and paper fuzzies off the mat. You can condition or prime your cutting mat to make it less sticky. Make sure your mat is completely dry before using it again. This will make it less likely for problems to occur when placing your mat in your silhouette cameo.

The most effective way to clean your cricut cutting mat is to soak it in soapy water for a few minutes. If too sticky pat your hands on the mat all over. Before applying any of these to your mat make sure you put tape around your edges. You will need an area around the outside that is not sticky.

You should be able to see all the nasties coming off your mat. Then add more water next time.