How To Reflatten A Warped Cutting Mat

While there is no guaranteed way to flatten these mats again.

How to reflatten a warped cutting mat.

My cutting mat is buckled up and warped on one side now when it got accidentally too close to some heat. Rotary cutting mats protect your work surface from damage while also providing convenient measurements cutting lines and angles. Congratulations ellen good luck ginger. However when the mat warps from improper storage or from being overheated it loses most of that usefulness.

You can also watch the tutorial on youtube and check out the comments with lots of awesome suggestions on how to flatten a warped cutting mat. If your cutting mat refuses to straighten cut away the warped area with heavy duty scissors and save the flat piece for cutting smaller projects. Tip fixing a warped cutting mat might affect the accuracy of the mat s grid. That is funny how the sun often damages those mats and yet ellen had the sun reverse the damage.

If like me you need to give your mat a little tlc and clean it and the fibres caught in it i have a full tutorial on how to clean a cutting mat with all the steps. I paid 50 for this mat. Once i had a mat outside in bitter freezing weather. This video goes into even more detail plus a few bonus tips on other ways to fix your curled mat.

That is the first time i ever heard of fixing a warped mat. How to flatten a warped cutting mat.