Cricut Fabric Mat Not Sticky

If i ever discover a way to re stick this.

Cricut fabric mat not sticky.

Cleaning your cricut mat. It s really that easy watch this video to see how i do it. The adhesive on the pink mat is designed to hold the fabric but release it easily. Do not re stick your mat.

Using a clean t shirt or sheet repeatedly press the fabric against the sticky portion of your cutting mat. No expensive chemical or item that you need to buy. There are a ton of tutorials out there to re stick your cricut mats. When you first get your mat or after you restick your mat it will probably be too sticky especially for light or medium weight materials.

Cleaning the cricut mats. Watch out for stretchy fabrics. Dab it all over the new cricut explore mat. Use the pink mat for fabric and crepe paper.

Apply plain rubbing alcohol or goo gone on the surface then go over it with a scrapper. These tutorials involve water baby wipes googone spray adhesive painter s tape prayers tears of unicorns and any other number of things. Make sure that you use alcohol and bleach free wipes if you don t you might find that the wipes permanently destroy any hope of making your cricut mat sticky again. Secure the edges of your cricut mat using masking or painter s tape.

Repeat until lint has coated the mat just a little bit. The rotary blade doesn t drag on the material the same way the standard fine point blade does. If you can see that your fabric extends outside of the adhesive square simply use a ruler and a hand held rotary cutter to trim it. The fabricgrip mat is a bit thicker and stronger than the other mats but isn t as sticky it s intended to just keep the fabric in place as the rotary blade or bonded fabric blade travels over it.

Step 1 remove any remaining stickiness to ensure the adhesive spray will evenly coat the mat. You can condition or prime your cutting mat to make it less sticky. It will wrinkle and may also retract during cutting both of which may ruin your cut results. If you notice that your fabric is stretched or wrinkled simply pull the fabric up and reposition it.

It s important to not make the edges sticky so they won t ruin the cutting machine. The main thing you have to do once you understand that your mat is losing its stickiness is to clean it. Like i said above the pink mat s adhesive is totally different than the adhesive on the other mats and you will ruin your mat. Different strategies should be maintained to clean and re sticking the mats.

We still want some stickiness just not too much. Step 3 choosing the right blade. Do not stretch your fabric as you stick it to the mat.