Soaked cutting mat
#12
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
Posts: 3,992
It DOES make a difference. My mat was not able to lay flat in the bathtub so I slid it up and down every so often so all of the surface was able to hydrate. I did not use the vinegar in the water and it turned out fine. Next time I will use the vinegar. I laid it flat on a towel to dry.
#14
I soaked mine (in just plain hot water, didn't know about the vinegar idea) a couple of days ago because both my mats were yucky. My mats are too big to lie flat in the tub, so I just let them curve, and swooshed them around every now and then, and scrubbed them with an old toothbrush (but I think the vegetable brush idea is better). I was trying to get upholstery fabric threads out of one mat, and school-glue-plus-fuzzies off the other. Both mats feel much better, though I couldn't get all of the upholstery fabric fibres out of the one. They did not stay curved after I removed them from the water, but they were still warm as I dried them with a towel and so at their maximum flexibility...
I use the markings on my mats to measure most of my cuts, so some of the grooves in them are never going to come out, but I did find that soaking them improved their texture markedly.
Alison
I use the markings on my mats to measure most of my cuts, so some of the grooves in them are never going to come out, but I did find that soaking them improved their texture markedly.
Alison
#18
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,536
I do so much cutting that I have worn grooves into my mats on
all sides. The only unmarred surface of the mats are about a 3-4"
section in the middle of the mats. I have 5 mats in this condition.
Not sure if this is going to be much help for me, but heck I am willing
to try anything I guess.
Thanks for the link.
all sides. The only unmarred surface of the mats are about a 3-4"
section in the middle of the mats. I have 5 mats in this condition.
Not sure if this is going to be much help for me, but heck I am willing
to try anything I guess.
Thanks for the link.
#19
Here is a tool to help clean our cutting mats from Nancy's Notions!
http://www.nancysnotions.com/product/mat+smoother.do?sortby=ourPicks
Here is a link to sharpening your rotary blades from N N.
http://www.nancysnotions.com/categor...de=NNOADV-1319
http://www.nancysnotions.com/product/mat+smoother.do?sortby=ourPicks
Here is a link to sharpening your rotary blades from N N.
http://www.nancysnotions.com/categor...de=NNOADV-1319
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