How To Fix A Warped Rotary Cutting Mat

Step by step tutorial this video goes into even more detail plus a few bonus tips on other ways to fix your curled mat.

How to fix a warped rotary cutting mat.

That is funny how the sun often damages those mats and yet ellen had the sun reverse the damage. Laying it in the hot sun on the sidewalk. We tried everything we read on the internet that might fix it. You can also watch the tutorial on youtube and check out the comments with lots of awesome suggestions on how to flatten a warped cutting mat.

But before you discard your warped mat consider fixing it. Warped cutting mat help. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to straighten it back out. Soaking in hot water and then laying flat.

This will cause to to slowly warm and the mat should then lay back flat. Rotary cutting mats protect your work surface from damage while also providing convenient measurements cutting lines and angles. If you don t have space. However many people swear they can fix a warped mat by.

Any help would be. Help for warped cutting mat. It fell off the seat and rested against the back of the front seat and is bowed on one end. If it doesn t do so on its own once it is good and warm you can place heavy objects on it like books and leave them there until the mat has cooled.

Will never buy one of those again. Olfa on their website says there is no proven way to fix a warped cutting mat. Congratulations ellen good luck ginger. A good way to try and fix a warped mat is to lay it out on a flat surface in the heat of the sun all day.

However when the mat warps from improper storage or from being overheated it loses most of that usefulness. I bought a very expensive green huge cutting mat left it flat on my cutting table and it still warped because the sun coming in the window in the wintertime got to it. Once i had a mat outside in bitter freezing weather. If you accidentally leave your rotary cutting mat in the car on a hot day or absentmindedly run a warm iron over it you ll be left with a useless warped cutting mat.

I made a mistake and left my cutting mat in my car and now it is warped. Storing between the mattress and box spring to flatten over time. In this video i am fixing unwarping my self healing cutting mat that got warped and bent with the heat from my laptop. My rotary cutting mat is warped.

Elaine has a problem. Can it be saved. That is the first time i ever heard of fixing a warped mat.