How To Flatten X Acto Self Healing Mat

Use your self healing mat in place of your cutting plates in your die cutting machines.

How to flatten x acto self healing mat.

Be very careful when using any kind of cutting instrument and make sure to work on top of a cutting board self healing mat or large piece of cardboard. But frisk another manufacturer of cutting mats say to leave the mat in direct sunlight or warm water for a period of time and it will resume its original shape. Have you ever warped your self healing mat with heat. Indulge me as i take you on a journey of the ups and downs i have had using these self healing cutting mats.

The green black mats are reversible with grid markings on each side. For the small cutting mat i found out that the alvin deluxe professional self healing cutting mat 12 x 18 inches worked out best for me. Rhino self healing cutting mat. This works in both electronic and manual machines.

Huge 4 x 16 mats now available. They wrote that once a mat has been warped it can t be flattened. Use an x acto knife or something similar to carefully cut the mat board to size. It fetches less than 30 and i can agree that it s extra durable.

1 2 grid with 1 8 marks for precise alignment as well as 45 and 60 guides. Part 2 of 3. Another site suggested putting it on flat sheet and placing in an oven at 200 degrees fahrenheit. Check the mat s flatness and then repeat the process if necessary until the mat is flat.

I have had my olfa self healing mat 18 x 24 for about 15 years and it still has numbers on it and doesn t have too much scarring on it. Anyone have some ideas go through this before. Cutting mats also have lines for cutting diagonals. I still use it on a regular basis.

Durable 5 ply self healing construction. 2 years ago i got a bigger one 24 x 36 of the same brand and it is still like new although i use it a lot more than the smaller one. Yes i left it in the back seat of my car and with the combo of the sun and the way it was leaning it no longer lays flat. 11 sizes up to 6 x 12 free custom cuts to fit your tables.

Seamless mat for straight cutting. How do i straighten a warped self healing cutting mat. It s rather large around 23x35 so pressing it under a book isn t an option. Here s how to fix that problem.