Lint rollers if you find your mat has lots of fuzzy lint on it use a lint roller across your mat.
Remove glue from silhoette mat.
The glue stick had a smooth texture and the paper came off easily.
Once the edges of the mat are taped use a spray adhesive or glue stick.
Drag the silhouette mat over to the sink for a rinse.
After spraying or using a glue stick allow the mat to air dry.
Once the mat is dry you can then remove the tape and your mat should be as good as new.
This video shows a quick tip to remove your material from the cutting mat without it curling.
It s important to not make the edges sticky so they won t ruin the cutting machine.
Apply plain rubbing alcohol or goo gone on the surface then go over it with a scrapper.
If left uncovered while not in use the mat s adhesive surface may collect dust or other particles.
You want to make sure the mat is fully dry before applying the spray adhesive.
Resticking a silhouette cutting mat 1.
In addition to cleaning the mat it is vital to replace the cutting mat s liner on top of the sticky surface when not in use.
If you see that you haven t gotten all the old sticky mess off just repeat steps 2 4 until it s nice and clean.
Resticking a silhouette cutting mat.
To restick the silhouette mat and another off brand cutting mat i used dritz basting spray from my local wal mart for less than 10 00.
Rub olive oil baby oil or almond oil into your hair and let it sit for at least 15 minutes.
Start with 1 coat.
This is to prevent any adhesive that is added from getting onto the edges which may interfere with your machine s rollers.
Before you restick your cricut or silhouette cutting mat it s important to tape around all the edges.
Adding re stick back to your mat.
This can be an issue with new mats from silhouette as well.
You want to make sure the mat is fully dry before applying the spray adhesive.
Once clean dry with a towel and set to the side.
Tape off the edges of your mats to prevent spraying adhesive on the entire surface.
Rinse the oil out in the shower then put hair conditioner in your wet hair and let it sit under a towel for 20 minutes.
Rinse the conditioner out and comb the glue out of your hair.
While this will not apply a new adhesive coating to the mat it should ensure that the cutting mat is clean.
You can test a small corner of your mat to make sure it is as sticky as you would like.
Step 1 remove any remaining stickiness to ensure the adhesive spray will evenly coat the mat.
You can also put tape on your fingers and dab your mat like you are using a lint roller.
If the mat is too sticky you can use a t shirt to slightly dull the adhesive.
The spray adhesive was stickier and edges of the paper stuck to the mat.
Before applying any of these to your mat make sure you put tape around your edges.
Remove glue from hair with oil and hair conditioner.