How To Get Paper Off The Cricut Mat

Scrapbook paper vellum crepe tissue paper other thin materials.

How to get paper off the cricut mat.

To clean pieces of paper off the mat i use the spatula and the scrapper that comes in the cricut tool kit. Cricut mats are basically known as mats which are utilized in the famous cricut machines. Below you can see each of my cuts as they came off the mats. Use the right mat.

Sometimes you have to gently rock the paper away from the cut image parts. To ensure that you don t get any adhesive on these areas you should tape them off with painter s tape or masking tape. That allows it to slide uniformly through your machine and to be kept flawless and set up during the cutting procedure. 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.

It s important for a good cut to keep bits of paper off of the mat. You ll save a perfectly good cricut mat a few dollars and it can be a fun project to boot. 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. 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. I use the cricut spatula to remove cuttings from the mat. They are generally produced using elastic and are incredibly tacky to the touch enabling you to stick your paper vinyl or whatever material you re utilizing to the mat. Cardstock vinyl heat transfer vinyl other mid weight materials.

Make sure you are using the right mat for your project. 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. 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. Thick cardstock glitter cardstock poster board leather felt backed fabric other heavy materials.

Then if any residue is left behind will use a handy little scraper i picked up at a business expo. Once you have large paper loaded onto your mat cut out all your prepared layers. With the layers cut out all that is left to do is assemble them back into your original design.