How To Get Paper Off The Cricut Mat

It s important for a good cut to keep bits of paper off of the mat.

How to get paper off the cricut mat.

Cricut mats come in several different variants but the method of cleaning should be more or less the same. Tape off the edges of the mat. Thick cardstock glitter cardstock poster board leather felt backed fabric other heavy materials. Then if any residue is left behind will use a handy little scraper i picked up at a business expo.

Cardstock vinyl heat transfer vinyl other mid weight materials. My favorite way to do this is to flip all the cuts over and use scotch tape along the back. 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. To ensure that you don t get any adhesive on these areas you should tape them off with painter s tape or masking tape.

Make sure you are using the right mat for your project. I use the cricut spatula to remove cuttings from the mat. With the layers cut out all that is left to do is assemble them back into your original design. That allows it to slide uniformly through your machine and to be kept flawless and set up during the cutting procedure.

Use the right mat. Below you can see each of my cuts as they came off the mats. If you don t have any cricut tools a kitchen spatula a putty knife a small plastic ruler or even a credit card can be used to lift your paper off your mat. I use the cricut spatula to lift off cut pieces.

Cricut mats are basically known as mats which are utilized in the famous cricut machines. You ll save a perfectly good cricut mat a few dollars and it can be a fun project to boot. 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. Scrapbook paper vellum crepe tissue paper other thin materials.

To clean pieces of paper off the mat i use the spatula and the scrapper that comes in the cricut tool kit. Sometimes you have to gently rock the paper away from the cut image parts. Once you have large paper loaded onto your mat cut out all your prepared layers.