Silhouette Cameo Cutting Mat Too Sticky

If your cutting mat is too sticky brayer an old bath towel over it.

Silhouette cameo cutting mat too sticky.

If too sticky pat your hands on the mat all over. You should do your own test cuts to determine what is right for your machine blade material climate etc. This will deposit a little bit of lint and weaken the adhesive layer a bit. This video shows a quick tip to remove your material from the cutting mat without it curling.

Obviously the silhouette cutting mat has to be sticky to keep materials in place while they re being cut by the silhouette. But the carrier sheet is much too 0. Mine was and i found myself super frustrated because none of my vinyl was sticking to my 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.

I found scrubbing my mat with a scrub sponge with dish soap let dry. Then it quickly goes to not sticky enough. Learn how to troubleshoot with your silhouette. Or you can pat the palm of your hands on it too and the natural oils from your hands will also release some of the adhesive making it less sticky.

I m not favouring one brand over the other just sharing my experience in the hope of helping other crafters prevent a similar situation. The mat starts out waaaayyy too sticky and it will eat your paper or the backing on your vinyl. Use aileen s tack it again and again mixed 1 1 with water. By the way silhouette cameo mats are also too sticky when new.

I bought the cricut mats because they were half the price of the silhouette mats. Mat too sticky silhouette cameo posted on by 33 comments how to cut fragile paper with your silhouette cameo do you have the problem i had with cutting fragile paper like old dictionary pages on your silhouette i kept. 2 july 2012 edited july 2012 in help for make the cut hi i have just bought a silhouette cameo machine which works fine. How to clean your silhouette cameo cutting mat is your mat a little full of leftover vinyl fibers or full of glitter.

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