How to Make Silhouette Cameo Cutting Mat Sticky Again

While I happen to exist in the "Just Buy a New Mat" camp, I know a lot of you adopt to try to extend the life of your cutting mats by re-sticking them.

Since you lot all went pretty much crazy over my tip on how to easily clean Silhouette cutting mats I figured why non just give the people what they want...

Tips on How to Resticky Your Cutting Mat!

So hither's my standard 12 x 12 Silhouette brand mat that has been severely used and abused. I recollect at ane betoken I was even taping my cardstock on the mat considering it had admittedly no stick left!

For this tutorial on how to restick a Silhouette mat, your supplies will be: Goo Gone, kitchen sponge, dish lather, spray adhesive and tape. This is a 2 part process - first the cleaning and removal of the original adhesive and so the resticking process.

Cleaning a Dirty Silhouette Cutting Mat

one. Take the dirty Silhouette cutting mat and lay it on a flat surface, such as a counter or table.

two. Open up the bottle of Goo Gone and distill a little around the mat.

3. Catch your sponge and get-go-a-scrubbin'. You should exist able to run across all the nasties coming off your mat.

4. Once I feel fairly sure that the old sticky is gone, grab the dish soap and give your mat a good washing. You lot can use the same sponge.

v. Drag the Silhouette mat over to the sink for a rinse. If you encounter that yous oasis't gotten all the old gluey mess off, merely repeat steps two-4 until it's squeamish and clean.

6. Once clean, dry with a towel and prepare to the side. You want to brand sure the mat is fully dry before applying the spray adhesive.

ReSticking a Silhouette cutting Mat

1. To restick the Silhouette mat (and some other off-make cutting mat), I used Dritz Basting Spray from my local Wal-Mart for less than $x.00.

2. Record off the edges of your mats to forestall spraying adhesive on the entire surface. Why? Because you don't want adhesive where your rollers will brand contact, it'll just gunk them up.

3. Before spraying any adhesive, remember these two of import rules: E'er spray in a well ventilated expanse {AND} spray on a safe surface, such as outside or a covered tabular array. With whatsoever production, crafting or non, nosotros e'er recommend reading the full manufacturer's instructions before using.

4. Spray away! Try to spray an fifty-fifty coat over the exposed surface of your mat. I continued to spray until I had a prissy white layer. Once dry, I even went back for a second, thinner layer.

five. Let to dry completely before using! You'll notice that your mat may have some fuzzies on there, but fear non! Pat your paw on the mat a little, like you would if you were testing the stickiness, and the fuzzies will fit correct in with the rest of the adhesive. They only need a footling encouragement! You may be able to encounter them, but they won't interfere with the stickiness of your mat.

6. Remove the tape from the edges of your mat.

7. Voila --- a resticky-ed cut mat!

Then to epitomize, I revamped two cutting mats to like-new shape for less than $10.00, with adhesive left over for future use!

In my feel cleaned and re-stickied cut mats don't last quite as long equally a new Silhouette mats, but in a pinch and for on the cheap, it definitely beats having to wait or make a special shopping trip to cease your project!

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