How To Make Silhouette Mat Sticky

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How to make silhouette mat sticky.

Thanks for the tip about the mat. Hi i just plugged in my new silhouette and made first cut a fabulous perfectly round circle from cardstock. Obviously the silhouette cutting mat has to be sticky to keep materials in place while they re being cut by the silhouette. Once clean dry with a towel and set to the side.

Loss of stickiness results in poor cutting and poor quality work. Fibers dust hair and tiny pieces of paper get stuck to the mat s sticky areas and affect is stickiness. June 2011 edited june 2011 in help for make the cut. Of course you can also just buy a new mat but if you prefer an older less sticky one like me this is the way to go.

Put the sticky back in your mat. I m not favouring one brand over the other just sharing my experience in the hope of helping other crafters prevent a similar situation. When the cutting mat is new however it can be too sticky for certain material such as paper and paper backed materials such as adhesive vinyl. Now you can also buy some spray on adhesive to make your mat sticky again so be aware of the mat if your machine is just starting to cut wrong it might be the reason for your struggles.

By the way silhouette cameo mats are also too sticky when new. I use a silhouette portrait so that will work perfectly reply delete. Resticking a silhouette cutting mat 1. Some cleaning methods may work better on different cutting mats so try experimenting with different methods.

If your silhouette or cricut mats are getting dirty or are no longer sticky i will show you how to make your cutting mats like new. At some point you may find that even the silhouette spatula cannot remove all the tiny papers and fibers stuck on the mat. I don t know about you but i find my medium can still move about with the pressure of the blade. Silhouette and sticky mat.

I bought the cricut mats because they were half the price of the silhouette mats. Debra rogers 73 614 views. You might resort to sticking your vinyl or card down with tape instead. I now want to cut something from patterned paper but i m not sure how to handle the stickiness of the mat.

Knowing how to clean and resticking your cutting mats can save you money and it can also be fun. 58 cherries 8 29 2014 2 01 pm. If you see that you haven t gotten all the old sticky mess off just repeat steps 2 4 until it s nice and clean. It s sticky enough that you won t have problems with it bleeding under the stencil but it s easily re positionable.