How To Get Glitter Off Cricut Mat

Thick cardstock glitter cardstock poster board leather felt backed fabric other heavy materials.

How to get glitter off cricut mat.

It s very frustrating when you re in the middle of a project and all of a sudden your vinyl doesn t stick on the mat or card stock gets lifted from the mat w. I had 3 mats that were not sticking. Use the right mat. Cardstock vinyl heat transfer vinyl other mid weight materials.

Select images and size and load the mat into your machine. To ensure that you don t get any adhesive on these areas you should tape them off with painter s tape or masking tape. Scrapbook paper vellum crepe tissue paper other thin materials. The edges of a cricut mat need to be free of stickiness as this is the part of the mat that is pulled through the machine s rollers.

The cricut lightgrip mat is the go to mat for many people. Remove cut design from. Cutting glitter vinyl with a cricut machine. I saved myself 9 on new mats.

I was so impressed. Select glitter cardstock from the list of materials if using a cricut explore machine turn smart set dial to custom. Refer to glitter vinyl kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings a kiss cut goes through the vinyl film and leaves the liner intact. When you buy your cricut or silhouette cutting machine a cutting mat will usually be included with your purchase.

Place glitter cardstock onto lightgrip cutting mat. I personally find that these materials cut well on this mat only when the mat is pretty new however. But it turns out after reading a tip here to use a baby wipe i had my boys help me with the task of wiping down the mats. Glue adhesive to assemble your project optional design and cut.

Cricut mats come in several different variants but the method of cleaning should be more or less the same. Place vinyl liner side down onto lightgrip mat. You ll save a perfectly good cricut mat a few dollars and it can be a fun project to boot. These mats are usually made from rubber and are very tacky to the touch allowing you to stick your paper vinyl or whatever material you re using to the mat allowing it to slide evenly through your machine and to be.

Tape off the edges of the mat. I figured what do i have to lose. Make sure you are using the right mat for your project. Load mat into the machine.

Cricut recommends you cut the lightest materials on it for example copy paper printer paper thin cardstock vellum construction paper and vinyl on the blue lightgrip mat. So i really thought that i needed a new mat.