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Silhouette mat too sticky for paper.
Whether you are new to the silhouette cameo or a long time user you just might learn something new.
Once the edges of the mat are taped use a spray adhesive or glue stick.
Before you restick your cricut or silhouette cutting mat it s important to tape around all the edges.
Silhouette and sticky mat.
Now you have 3 options.
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By the way silhouette cameo mats are also too sticky when new.
The suggestion i saw most was to use a mat that had lost most of its sticky.
I thought that was for copy paper and vellum.
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.
I know what you mean about the paper curling i have that problem too.
It will be hard for the rollers to run if your they are getting stuck on the sticky part of your mat.
Before the first cut on a new mat de sticky it by patting it with a clean t.
The paper stuck to the mat and tore.
There is a surprising amount to know about the cutting mat.
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.
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.
When the cutting mat is new however it can be too sticky for certain material such as paper and paper backed materials such as adhesive vinyl.
Karen you mentioned the less sticky mat.
This will make it less likely for problems to occur when placing your mat in your silhouette cameo.
But if you used glossy paper this might happen again.
I kept getting a mess.
The cutting mat is an essential part of your die cutting machine.
This is frustrating but you will learn to keep several mats on hand at different levels of stickiness for different things.
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This is to prevent any adhesive that is added from getting onto the edges which may interfere with your machine s rollers.
The 12 12 inch cameo mat standard grip.
I show all the trials and errors first.
You will need an area around the outside that is not sticky.
Start with 1 coat.
So i used a mat that wouldn t hold card stock in place.
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I bought the cricut mats because they were half the price of the silhouette mats.
Then it quickly goes to not sticky enough.
I m not favouring one brand over the other just sharing my experience in the hope of helping other crafters prevent a similar situation.
