Silhouette Mat Too Sticky For Paper

Before the first cut on a new mat de sticky it by patting it with a clean t.

Silhouette mat too sticky for paper.

Then it quickly goes to not sticky enough. 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. Start with 1 coat. This will make it less likely for problems to occur when placing your mat in your silhouette cameo.

Obviously the silhouette cutting mat has to be sticky to keep materials in place while they re being cut by the silhouette. There is a surprising amount to know about the cutting mat. The 12 12 inch cameo mat standard grip. I kept getting a mess.

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. Karen you mentioned the less sticky mat. By the way silhouette cameo mats are also too sticky when new. I know what you mean about the paper curling i have that problem too.

The paper stuck to the mat and tore. Once the edges of the mat are taped use a spray adhesive or glue stick. Silhouette and sticky mat. It will be hard for the rollers to run if your they are getting stuck on the sticky part of your mat.

They do not update this blog. That is exactly what i didn t want to happen. 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 cutting mat is an essential part of your die cutting machine.

This is frustrating but you will learn to keep several mats on hand at different levels of stickiness for different things. So i used a mat that wouldn t hold card stock in place. The silhouette cameo mat comes in several sizes. I bought the cricut mats because they were half the price of the silhouette mats.

The one that is see thru is the paper mat less sticky. Before applying any of these to your mat make sure you put tape around your edges. I m not favouring one brand over the other just sharing my experience in the hope of helping other crafters prevent a similar situation. I show all the trials and errors first.

Please do not follow me on bloglovin. The suggestion i saw most was to use a mat that had lost most of its sticky. To quickly see the solution scroll past all the small. Whether you are new to the silhouette cameo or a long time user you just might learn something new.

Now you have 3 options. You will need an area around the outside that is not sticky. This is to prevent any adhesive that is added from getting onto the edges which may interfere with your machine s rollers. An internet search didn t help much at all.

The mat starts out waaaayyy too sticky and it will eat your paper or the backing on your vinyl. But if you used glossy paper this might happen again.