You place a sheet of contact paper sticky side up on your cutting mat.
How to keep paper in silhouette cutting mat.
You should be able to see all the nasties coming off your mat.
The 12 12 inch cameo mat standard grip.
Next the pop out cut feature can be used only with the cameo 4 machine line.
I will walk you through my tips and tricks to cleaning your silhouette cameo mat.
There is a surprising amount to know about the cutting mat.
How to clean your silhouette cameo cutting mat.
Is your mat a little full of leftover vinyl fibers or full of glitter.
The silhouette cameo mat comes in several sizes.
The sticky cutting mat will hold the contact paper while the contact paper holds your material.
Whether you are new to the silhouette cameo or a long time user you just might learn something new.
3 more tips for cutting paper with silhouette in order to cut any type of paper you need to use a cutting mat.
Grab your sponge and start a scrubbin.
If you need to cut paper larger than 12x12 the 12x24.
The cutting mat is an essential part of your die cutting machine.
One trick you can use to keep your mats clean is to use contact paper.
So never try to cut paper without one.
It cut in the right place one time and then reverted back to cutting in the wrong place.
Open the bottle of goo gone and dribble a little around the mat.
Additionally pop out cut mode is not intended for thin or flexible materials like copy paper or fabric.
I had 2 problems first the mat was moving then second when i would load the mat with the paper in the way i thought was right the rollers would press down on the edges of my paper causing the paper edges to tear when i tried to remove it.
How does it work.
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If you are using any previous silhouette cutting models cameo 3 portrait 2 etc you must use a cutting mat to cut out cardstock or other paper materials.
Take the dirty silhouette cutting mat and lay it on a flat surface such as a counter or table.
Mine was and i found myself super frustrated because none of my vinyl was sticking to my mat.
Otherwise the paper pieces can move around under the cutting mechanism and get caught in the blade or cause the whole project to go askew.
Once your contact paper gets dirty simply peel it off and replace it.