Types of cricut mats.
What are the strong grip cricut mats used for.
Use tweezers the cricut spatula or cricut s stronggrip transfer tape to clean fabric grip mats.
For use with cricut maker and cricut explore cutting machines.
Cricut lightgrip cutting mat cricut standardgrip cutting mat and the cricut stronggrip cutting mat.
Thick cardstock glitter cardstock magnet chipboard poster board and fabric with stiffener.
There are currently four types of cricut mats and we are listing them below from lightest grip to strongest grip.
To ensure best performance mats are recommended for.
The dimension of the mat is 12 by 12 but the dimension of the box may be bigger.
The cricut strong grip mat.
Cricut makes 3 different mats to use with their explore air machines.
For use with cricut maker or cricut explore family machines and rotary blade or bonded fabric blade.
Keep the clear film cover on the mat when storing to keep mat free from paper scraps and dust.
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.
This is a high tack mat made for holding thicker and harder materials down while cutting.
To ensure best performance use the recommended material types on the mats.
You ll save a perfectly good cricut mat a few dollars and it can be a fun project to boot.
The cricut strong grip mat is the purple mat.
Which mat for which material.
Cricut mats are sticky and the level of stickiness dictates how secure the grip is.
Includes one 12 x 12 strong grip adhesive cutting mat.
Use the scraper to scrape away excess pieces and the spatula to carefully remove cut images.
The fabricgrip mat is a reusable adhesive cutting mat that combines increased strength and density plus a light adhesive perfect for wide variety of fabrics.
Do not use soap and water or any other cleaning agent on a fabricgrip mat.
For extra fuzzy materials like felt and fleece consider putting transfer tape behind your fabric before sticking it to the mat this will keep your mat free of fuzz.
Fabric grip mat pink light grip mat light blue standard grip mat green strong grip mat purple also note that each of these mats comes in both 12 12 and 12 24 size.
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.
Cricut easypress mat this mat protects your flat work area for flawless iron on.
For most of these materials you will also want to be using the deep cut blade and housing.