How To Get Glitter Off Cricut Mat

Cardstock vinyl heat transfer vinyl other mid weight materials.

How to get glitter off cricut mat.

How to peel paper off the cricut mat without ruining your project. 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. You ll save a perfectly good cricut mat a few dollars and it can be a fun project to boot. Cutting glitter vinyl with a cricut machine.

The cricut lightgrip mat is the go to mat for many people. When you buy your cricut or silhouette cutting machine a cutting mat will usually be included with your purchase. 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. Make sure you are using the right mat for your project.

Tape off the edges of the mat. Load mat into the machine. 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. I personally find that these materials cut well on this mat only when the mat is pretty new however.

Select glitter cardstock from the list of materials if using a cricut explore machine turn smart set dial to custom. 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. 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. I was so impressed.

You ll find this guide useful when you need to re use an old cricut a silhouette mat or a cake mat that s used for baking. So i really thought that i needed a new mat. Place vinyl liner side down onto lightgrip mat. I figured what do i have to lose.

I saved myself 9 on new mats. Why you need to restick your cricut cutting mat. Use the right mat. Thick cardstock glitter cardstock poster board leather felt backed fabric other heavy materials.

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. Place glitter cardstock onto lightgrip cutting mat. Scrapbook paper vellum crepe tissue paper other thin materials. Remove cut design from.

To ensure that you don t get any adhesive on these areas you should tape them off with painter s tape or masking tape. Glue adhesive to assemble your project optional design and cut.