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.
Cricut cutting mat cleaning.
Cricut mats are sticky mats that are used in cricut machines.
You ll save a perfectly good cricut mat a few dollars and it can be a fun project to boot.
I used the a scraper totally awesome paper towels a regular towel.
I tend to get more questions about cricut mats in particular but this guide will apply to any sort of similar cutting mat with an adhesive including silhouette mats.
Let s learn a few other cleaning.
There was a question in my cricut freebies facebook group the other day on how to clean cricut mats and make them sticky again.
These mats are meant to last for 25 40 uses but cleaning them can extend their life.
Heard there was a knock off version of the cricut mat called nicapa strong grip purple cutting mat 12 by 12 inch.
Going to try it they sell them for 13 99 for a 3 pack on amazon.
In this video i share 5 tips on how to clean and re stick your cricut cutting mats.
Having a sticky cricut mat is important because you don t want the material you are using to.
The easiest way to clean your mat is by using warm water and a couple of drops of mild detergent.
Cricut mats come in several different variants but the method of cleaning should be more or less the same.
If those gentle cleaning methods don t restore your cutting mat s functionality you can try breaking out the big guns and use adhesive remover to thoroughly clean your mat.
Regular cleaning will extend the life of your cricut mats.
I will also give tips on the correct way to use your pink fabric grip mat.
Here is a very simple and cheap way to clean a cricut cutting mat.
I m so tired of cleaning and or rebuying these things and keeping cricut in business.
To clean your mat and rejuvenate its stickiness you can do light cleaning often and deeper.