How To Flatten A Mat

Place a pressing cloth on the mat to protect the surface.

How to flatten a mat.

Then flip it over and reroll the mat. While there is no guaranteed way to flatten these mats again. Finally i put it back in the hot car with the roll up. Large wood plank or cutting board.

Keep it rolled up longer for thicker less for thinner plastic with a rubber band and check it every so often until the previously upturned curled corners are laying flat as. A rubber mat is an example of a surface that has the friction you would be looking for but also has the weight and density where it should be able to stay flat. Place an iron on top i used medium heat and press until the surface is warm to touch. Press the mat with an iron.

Check the heat of the mat. Lots of heavy books. In the winter it may be more like 7 days or longer. Another suggestion is to cut the warpped part away and use the remaining piece of mat to cut smaller projects or make one that is easy to carry to classes elaine tried everything to fix her cutting mat.

This took many tries but it did flatten the mat. Rotary cutting mats protect your work surface from damage while also providing convenient measurements cutting lines and angles. Creating this opposing new curl shape will in effect straighten the curled plastic. Once it flattens remove mat and board together and allow the mat to cool still on the board.

I have flattened a warped mat by placing it on a a flat board at least as large as the mat and putting it in my car in the sun. This is not a quick cure but i still have the mat and it is still flat. To flatten a curled cutting mat you ll need. The mat is the picture above relaxed in about two days.

1 046 i left mine rolled up in a hot car and had the devil of a time straightening it out. Unroll the mat as flat as you can get it. However when the mat warps from improper storage or from being overheated it loses most of that usefulness. If you don t it will warp in a new way.

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