fudge and furs

Many of my grid lines have gouges after plenty of use. Am I cutting too hard? It is a really high quality board. I think I
read some time ago it could be renewed by soaking in water. Help

nanna-up-north

I renew mine by going to JoAnn's and using a 50% off coupon.

Sunnie

Too funny.

brushandthimble

I think if they get to far gone, there is no "renewing", it becomes "replacing"
No harm in trying, and there is always the back side. good luck.

FIY I believe the grooves ruin my cutting blades, cheaper to replace the mat.

Michellesews

I agree, they need replacing once they get "in the groove". The accu go mats are pretty much the same thing and you should see them after a year, sometimes cut in two. Yes, I agree with replacement. Also, they do not seem to be as expensive as they once were.
Michelle

QuiltnNan

Very funny indeed

ghostrider

Make sure you are cutting with the blade straight up and down to minimize the 'grooving'. I seldom use the grid lines to cut anything except when I'm straightening an edge at the beginning so my cutting is not always in the same spot. I have a Fiskars mat that's almost 20 years old and still in great shape.
Here's info on the soaking of mats.
http://tulip-patch.blogspot.com/2010...-olfa-mat.html
And a review of the mat smoother - they do work, as several members here will attest
http://quiltersreview.com/index.php/...es-a-worn-mat/

GlitzyMe

hahahaha......a gal with my type of humor :-)

susie-susie-susie

My mat is almost 15 years old and still going strong. I never use the grid lines on the mat to measure. Too funny nanna-up-north. That's how I would renew mine, too.
Sue

EagarBeez

I have a self healing olfa cutting board. Olfa mentions, how these boards are renewed. I myself have put my board on a large towel on my dining room table. I use a squirt of dish detergent to some distilled water. I use a vegetable brush, those dish washing brushes also work. They are the ones you can put some dish detergent into. I use this combo, scrub lightly. I then rinsed in with distilled water. Used a sham wow and blotted it, let my board dry, then went over it with a quilters mat smoother. It really works. Board just like new. This can only be done on self healing mats