How To Get Paper Off The Cricut Mat

Use the right mat.

How to get paper off the cricut mat.

To ensure that you don t get any adhesive on these areas you should tape them off with painter s tape or masking tape. 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. 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.

My favorite way to do this is to flip all the cuts over and use scotch tape along the back. You ll save a perfectly good cricut mat a few dollars and it can be a fun project to boot. Once you have large paper loaded onto your mat cut out all your prepared layers. Scrapbook paper vellum crepe tissue paper other thin materials.

I use the cricut spatula to lift off cut pieces. It s made to go on your keychain to scrape your car windows but as soon as i saw it i knew it d be perfect for scraping mats. With the layers cut out all that is left to do is assemble them back into your original design. I use the cricut spatula to remove cuttings from the mat.

Cricut mats are basically known as mats which are utilized in the famous cricut machines. 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. Cardstock vinyl heat transfer vinyl other mid weight materials. To clean pieces of paper off the mat i use the spatula and the scrapper that comes in the cricut tool kit.

Thick cardstock glitter cardstock poster board leather felt backed fabric other heavy materials. If little bits of ripped paper remain the cricut scraper is a great tool to use as is a credit card to clear your mat of little unwanted remnants. Then if any residue is left behind will use a handy little scraper i picked up at a business expo. Sometimes you have to gently rock the paper away from the cut image parts.

That allows it to slide uniformly through your machine and to be kept flawless and set up during the cutting procedure. It s important for a good cut to keep bits of paper off of the mat. Below you can see each of my cuts as they came off the mats.