'Refreshing' a cutting mat
01-14-2013, 09:08 AM
#21
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Olfa recommends soaking your mats and as long as you lay them flat to dry out, it's ok to curl a little in the tub while soaking. The material in the mat which makes it self-healing doesn't work well when it's dried out which is the reason for the occasional soaking.
If you are getting rid of your mat - remember that it can be cut up...use part as a template for folding fabric for your shelves, use another long piece for the end of your ironing board to use as a cutting mat when making the continuous bias binding, some could be covered to make a stiff, yet flexible cover for a journal....etc...and I like the shoe mat idea.
If you are getting rid of your mat - remember that it can be cut up...use part as a template for folding fabric for your shelves, use another long piece for the end of your ironing board to use as a cutting mat when making the continuous bias binding, some could be covered to make a stiff, yet flexible cover for a journal....etc...and I like the shoe mat idea.
01-14-2013, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ktbb
Olfa recommends soaking your mats and as long as you lay them flat to dry out, it's ok to curl a little in the tub while soaking. The material in the mat which makes it self-healing doesn't work well when it's dried out which is the reason for the occasional soaking.
If you are getting rid of your mat - remember that it can be cut up...use part as a template for folding fabric for your shelves, use another long piece for the end of your ironing board to use as a cutting mat when making the continuous bias binding, some could be covered to make a stiff, yet flexible cover for a journal....etc...and I like the shoe mat idea.
If you are getting rid of your mat - remember that it can be cut up...use part as a template for folding fabric for your shelves, use another long piece for the end of your ironing board to use as a cutting mat when making the continuous bias binding, some could be covered to make a stiff, yet flexible cover for a journal....etc...and I like the shoe mat idea.
01-15-2013, 04:31 AM
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01-15-2013, 06:07 AM
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What do you use to cut a mat? Knife, scissors, saw?
Originally Posted by ktbb
Olfa recommends soaking your mats and as long as you lay them flat to dry out, it's ok to curl a little in the tub while soaking. The material in the mat which makes it self-healing doesn't work well when it's dried out which is the reason for the occasional soaking.
If you are getting rid of your mat - remember that it can be cut up...use part as a template for folding fabric for your shelves, use another long piece for the end of your ironing board to use as a cutting mat when making the continuous bias binding, some could be covered to make a stiff, yet flexible cover for a journal....etc...and I like the shoe mat idea.
If you are getting rid of your mat - remember that it can be cut up...use part as a template for folding fabric for your shelves, use another long piece for the end of your ironing board to use as a cutting mat when making the continuous bias binding, some could be covered to make a stiff, yet flexible cover for a journal....etc...and I like the shoe mat idea.
01-15-2013, 07:07 AM
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I have my DH cut up the mats and keep the good parts. great next to the sewing machine for paper piecing and other small cutting. make a great travel mat too. Can be cut with an excto knife, but he cuts them with his table saw.
01-15-2013, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Cybrarian
I have the same question as Dunster, I don't have anything big enough for my mat (36x36) to lie flat and soak. How to accomplish this?
01-15-2013, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by jcrow
I have a 24x72 mat and I have no place big enough to dip it. Also, it is attached by four screws so I can't use the back as the screws stick out. I don't need to replace it yet; I'm thinking in the future right now. I guess that kid's wading pool could work. Where do you find a mushroom brush? In a grocery store?
01-15-2013, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by rebeljane
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