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.

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. You ll save a perfectly good cricut mat a few dollars and it can be a fun project to boot. 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. Use the right mat.

Thick cardstock glitter cardstock poster board leather felt backed fabric other heavy materials. My favorite way to do this is to flip all the cuts over and use scotch tape along the back. That allows it to slide uniformly through your machine and to be kept flawless and set up during the cutting procedure. If you don t have any cricut tools a kitchen spatula a putty knife a small plastic ruler or even a credit card can be used to lift your paper off your mat.

Make sure you are using the right mat for your project. Then if any residue is left behind will use a handy little scraper i picked up at a business expo. Cricut mats are basically known as mats which are utilized in the famous cricut machines. I use the cricut spatula to lift off cut pieces.

With the layers cut out all that is left to do is assemble them back into your original design. 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. 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. It s important for a good cut to keep bits of paper off of the mat.

Sometimes you have to gently rock the paper away from the cut image parts. Scrapbook paper vellum crepe tissue paper other thin materials. Below you can see each of my cuts as they came off the mats. Once you have large paper loaded onto your mat cut out all your prepared layers.

Tape off the edges of the mat. 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. I use the cricut spatula to remove cuttings from the mat.