Silhouette Mat Too Sticky For Paper

I know what you mean about the paper curling i have that problem too.

Silhouette mat too sticky for paper. Cutting fragile paper with silhouette cameo how to how to cut thin paper mat too sticky silhouette cameo silhouette cameo paper tearing silhouette cameo problem tutorial. The 12 12 inch cameo mat standard grip. That is exactly what i didn t want to happen. But if you used glossy paper this might happen again.

The mat starts out waaaayyy too sticky and it will eat your paper or the backing on your vinyl. I bought the cricut mats because they were half the price of the silhouette mats. It will be hard for the rollers to run if your they are getting stuck on the sticky part of your mat. This is frustrating but you will learn to keep several mats on hand at different levels of stickiness for different things.

To quickly see the solution scroll past all the small. I show all the trials and errors first. Before applying any of these to your mat make sure you put tape around your edges. There is a surprising amount to know about the cutting mat.

An internet search didn t help much at all. Please do not follow me on bloglovin. Now you have 3 options. Obviously the silhouette cutting mat has to be sticky to keep materials in place while they re being cut by the silhouette.

I kept getting a mess. This will make it less likely for problems to occur when placing your mat in your silhouette cameo. Before the first cut on a new mat de sticky it by patting it with a clean t. This is to prevent any adhesive that is added from getting onto the edges which may interfere with your machine s rollers.

When my cricut mat is too sticky the card stock comes off but leaves all the pieces you just cut out and stuck to the mat. 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. The silhouette cameo mat comes in several sizes. Once the edges of the mat are taped use a spray adhesive or glue stick.

The paper stuck to the mat and tore. They do not update this blog. The cutting mat is an essential part of your die cutting machine. Silhouette and sticky mat.

Start with 1 coat. I love how the cricut machine cuts card stock into great shapes but it s hard to peel card stock from the cricut explore mat when it s too sticky. You will need an area around the outside that is not sticky. Karen you mentioned the less sticky mat.

Then it quickly goes to not sticky enough. The suggestion i saw most was to use a mat that had lost most of its sticky. So i used a mat that wouldn t hold card stock in place. I thought that was for copy paper and vellum.

Whether you are new to the silhouette cameo or a long time user you just might learn something new. By the way silhouette cameo mats are also too sticky when new.