How To Flatten A Mat

The mat is the picture above relaxed in about two days.

How to flatten a mat.

Check the heat of the mat. Keep doing it until entire mat is flat and covered with heavy books. To flatten a curled cutting mat you ll need. This is not a quick cure but i still have the mat and it is still flat.

I have flattened a warped mat by placing it on a a flat board at least as large as the mat and putting it in my car in the sun. 01 08 2010 05 30 pm 4 shequilts. Lots of heavy books. Rotary cutting mats protect your work surface from damage while also providing convenient measurements cutting lines and angles.

Place an iron on top i used medium heat and press until the surface is warm to touch. Once it flattens remove mat and board together and allow the mat to cool still on the board. This took many tries but it did flatten the mat. A rubber mat is an example of a surface that has the friction you would be looking for but also has the weight and density where it should be able to stay flat.

Unroll the mat as flat as you can get it. Place a pressing cloth on the mat to protect the surface. However when the mat warps from improper storage or from being overheated it loses most of that usefulness. If you don t it will warp in a new way.

Then flip it over and reroll the mat. While there is no guaranteed way to flatten these mats again. In the winter it may be more like 7 days or longer. Press the mat with an iron.

Keep it rolled up longer for thicker less for thinner plastic with a rubber band and check it every so often until the previously upturned curled corners are laying flat as. Large wood plank or cutting board. A yoga mat is also a similar material that many people use. 1 046 i left mine rolled up in a hot car and had the devil of a time straightening it out.

Another suggestion is to cut the warpped part away and use the remaining piece of mat to cut smaller projects or make one that is easy to carry to classes elaine tried everything to fix her cutting mat.