Warped Cutting Mat Solution
 

I read this on another site and found it so informative, had to share. It is a reply to someone's question on the Fiskars website:
http://www.fiskars.de/eng-eu/Craftin...Mat-30x45cm-A3
click on care of mats under FAQ

Thank you so much for suggestion. I'm going to try it on mine. I didn't think about it and just laid down my travel pressing surface on top of my mat to do some pressing. Now I have a raised area along the edge. I will try this today and post the results.

Thank you for this info. I have tried the getting the mat wet, and laying it fla with something heavy on top, did not really help. I will try this.

Interesting --I have a small warp in mine so will try this out -- certainly can't hurt!

Wish I had room in my little freezer for a cookie sheet.

If you don't have room in the freezer for a cookie sheet do you think it may work to put a cookie sheet on top of the mat and add a layer of ice cubes to the cookie sheet and leave until it melts? Seems like it would be the same idea.

Too funny! I tried this method a few months ago...I forgot all about it until I saw this post. Guess I had better go check on it. :D

I wonder about putting a big heavy La Creuset cookware in the freezer and using that? It sure would flatten it out. I don't have a warped mat to try right now. I would put the whole mat in long chest freezer (my friend has one) and then put something heavy on it.

Interesting that this came from the Fiskars website as my Fiskars mat has been the only one to warp and it warped when being stored correctly. I'll have to try this. Thanks for the tip.

It's interesting to me too as I've always read to leave it out in the hot sun on a flat surface and it'll lay flat, but not to move it until cool. So far so good with my mats, I hang my large Olfa mat on a pant hanger when I need it off the sewing desk.

I received my NEW Omnigrid mat delivered late in the afternoon by UPS and it was so hot I had to unpack it with oven mitt. I immediately laid it down on my cool vinyl floor. This was the 2nd one shipped to me by JAF. I doubt if being in a UPS truck all day in 100 degree weather is good for any type of rotary mat. Fortunately, this ones appears to be OK.

I ordered one from the Olfa site and it was shipped flat in a flat sturdy box that wouldn't bend. It was the large mat too.

Thanks for the info

Thanks for sharing...

I have warped my cutting mat in several different ways over the years, and the best solution I found was to have a stack of hard bound books handy, and using my blow dryer to heat the mat, then immediately stack the books on top. Wait at least an hour, and flat mat. Works every time. Start with the bubble up, and pile books at least six inches high.

i sometimes leave my mat in the car and it becomes warped. just lay it on the concrete, in the sun. once relaxed, you can bring it in to flat surface and let cool. works fine for me. my freezer is not big enough for my mat.

I ironed on an ironing type board on top of mine and it warped. I laid it on the driveway (in AZ) until it got hot and now it is fine.

I'm curious about this, how do you hang it from the plant hanger? I have 2 & just keep one under the other but they slide a lot while I'm cutting. I have no available flat surfaces other than the space I have them now on my cutting table. Could you private message me with your answer, Thanks a Bunch
Jeri

What really got my interest was that on a Brand website, they gave a solution for fixing a "wrapped" cutting mat, two references to "wrapped" mat. Now, what would they suggest for one that is "warped"?

I use a wooden PANT hanger.... not a plant hanger, does that answer your question or? here's a picture of what I do. [ATTACH=CONFIG]485565[/ATTACH]

I have never tried the freezing cookie sheet to flatten a warped mat, but I did successfully flatten one.

I put my warped mat out on my back patio on a very hot hot day. I laid the mat directly on the hot concrete, laid a black cookie sheet that was slightly bigger than the mat on top of the mat. I then weighted the cookie sheet with bricks all over it.

I left it there until the next morning when everything was cool. Removed the bricks and cookie sheet and the mat was flat and has remained flat. Perhaps either one is as good as the other!