Karen you mentioned the less sticky mat.
Silhouette mat too sticky for paper.
I bought the cricut mats because they were half the price of the silhouette mats.
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.
The 12 12 inch cameo mat standard grip.
I kept getting a mess.
By the way silhouette cameo mats are also too sticky when new.
I thought that was for copy paper and vellum.
It will be hard for the rollers to run if your they are getting stuck on the sticky part of your mat.
Whether you are new to the silhouette cameo or a long time user you just might learn something new.
The paper stuck to the mat and tore.
This is frustrating but you will learn to keep several mats on hand at different levels of stickiness for different things.
The one that is see thru is the paper mat less sticky.
I love how the cricut machine cuts card stock into great shapes but it s hard to peel card stock from the cricut explore mat when it s too sticky.
I show all the trials and errors first.
To quickly see the solution scroll past all the small.
An internet search didn t help much at all.
I m not favouring one brand over the other just sharing my experience in the hope of helping other crafters prevent a similar situation.
Before you restick your cricut or silhouette cutting mat it s important to tape around all the edges.
I know what you mean about the paper curling i have that problem too.
This is to prevent any adhesive that is added from getting onto the edges which may interfere with your machine s rollers.
You will need an area around the outside that is not sticky.
Then it quickly goes to not sticky enough.
Silhouette and sticky mat.
Once the edges of the mat are taped use a spray adhesive or glue stick.
Start with 1 coat.
But if you used glossy paper this might happen again.
This will make it less likely for problems to occur when placing your mat in your silhouette cameo.
So i used a mat that wouldn t hold card stock in place.
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That is exactly what i didn t want to happen.
Before the first cut on a new mat de sticky it by patting it with a clean t.
The mat starts out waaaayyy too sticky and it will eat your paper or the backing on your vinyl.
The cutting mat is an essential part of your die cutting machine.
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.
Now you have 3 options.
Obviously the silhouette cutting mat has to be sticky to keep materials in place while they re being cut by the silhouette.
Before applying any of these to your mat make sure you put tape around your edges.
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The silhouette cameo mat comes in several sizes.
