How To Keep Your Silhouette Studio Mat From Moving

Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.

How to keep your silhouette studio mat from moving.

The cameo 3 user s manual can be accessed through the help menu in silhouette studio. Lift your silhouette s lid to make sure any tape that is connecting the motor to the side of the unit has been removed. Remove the tape and power the silhouette unit back on. Set up your silhouette studio workspace to include specific sizes like 8 5 x 11 or to cut longer than the mat.

Tape off the edges of your mats to prevent spraying adhesive on the entire surface. Soon loading your mat properly will become second nature and you ll be well on your way to enjoying lots of creative time with your silhouette. There are 2 sides to the blue protective cover a shiny side which is non stick and a matte side. I just got off the phone with silhouette and had to edit this post after getting some great help.

If this was not previously removed this would be the cause of the excessive noise. This helps with very thick materials as well. Make sure to store your mat flat with the cover sheet over the adhesive. When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers.

The matte side will stick to the adhesive more and can cause it to be less sticky. So something i learned rather quickly after ruining 2 pieces of cardstock on my new silhouette cameo. Use your palm or even better the silhouette scraper tool to press the media to the mat and check that is is stuck evenly throughout. If your mat is beyond it s days you can try using tape to hold your materials in place.

Covering it each time can help keep it clean. Place the shiny side of the blue protective cover down on the adhesive side of the mat. With newer mats this isn t usually an issue but with older mats you need to take an extra minute to make sure that it was adhered to the mat evenly everywhere not just in the middle. 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.

Pay attention to these details and you will save yourself a lot of wasted time and frustration. The mat was feeding initially but then would start slanting and feeding totally wrong and end up at.