Cricut Standard Grip Mat Cleaning

Most of the adhesive came off the light grip mat.

Cricut standard grip mat cleaning. How to clean a cricut mat for basically free. My light grip cricut mat did not fair as well as my standard grip mats when i scrubbed with warm water and palmolive dish soap. I tend to get more questions about cricut mats in particular but this guide will apply to any sort of similar cutting mat with an adhesive including silhouette mats. I will also give tips on the correct way to use your pink fabric grip mat.

Now my mat is much cleaner and ready to be used for a while longer. I hope that this how to clean your fabricgrip cricut mat is helpful and that some of you will try this and not just throw your mats out before they are completely used up. If you like this post you might also like some of my other cricut tutorials. There was a question in my cricut freebies facebook group the other day on how to clean cricut mats and make them sticky again.

Gently wipe down with unscented alcohol free bleach free baby wipes. If you re looking for a cheap alternative to clean your mats this is the perfect solution. It works especially well on the less tacky cutting mats. As for my personal experience it works well with the fabric grip and the light grip standard grip mats but for the strong grip it doesn t do the job perfectly.

In this video i share 5 tips on how to clean and re stick your cricut cutting mats. Having a sticky cricut mat is important because you don t want the material you are using to. Cricut mats come in several different variants but the method of cleaning should be more or less the same. I think that will be enough to loosen the paper fibers without taking off the adhesive.

Whether your cricut mat is the light grip strong grip fabric grip or standard grip variety you will only need one simple tool to get it clean. Your mats are all clean. The stronger the grip the heavier the material like chipboard or thick card stock you can cut and the lighter the grip the thin or lightweight materials like regular paper and vinyl you can cut. There you have it.

Safe for the pink cricut fabric grip mats. Next time i will try scrubbing with cold water no soap and a nylon scrubber. When the lint roller or masking tape is stickier than the mat it pulls all the offending hairs and bits of paper right off the mat. You ll find this guide useful when you need to re use an old cricut a silhouette mat or a cake mat that s used for baking.

You can find them here. But if you don t have one of those handy you can use some packing tape wrapped around your fingers.