Before cutting your fabric always perform a test cut to ensure that your fabric and blade depth work together.
Scan n cut mat too sticky.
After a few.
Anyone got any answers on this one.
It is so frustrating when the mat is too sticky and all your lovely designs tear when you try to remove them.
This will definitely save you a bit of money.
How to clean your scanncut mat.
This post will cover how to clean your mat so that it stays sticky and then cover how to restick your scan n cut mat once the sticky is lost.
If you don t have baby wipes on hand then washing your mat with warm soapy water and a cloth should work fine too.
If your scanncut mat has completely lost its tack and you have tried this method for cleaning it then it may be time for a new mat or not.
And it is proprietary because the machine reads the markings on the mat when it does the scans.
Once your fabric is secure and at your desired blade depth cut your design.
The brother scan n cut is the very worse of all the meats looses sticky after about 2 3 uses.
I have just bought a brother scan n cut and used it for the first time yesterday.
Problem 2 and three simple solutions.
Those scanncut mats are not the cheapest to buy.
This is pretty much all you need to do.
Don t get concerned if your brother scan n cut mat looks dirty and loses its stickiness.
Using a baby wipe wipe over the cutting area to remove all the fluff lint hair and whatever else is sticking to that mat.
I use a circuit mat in my silhuette without problems but you can do that with the brother scan n cut.
Start with a smaller blade depth and work your way up to what you need in order to avoid cutting too deep and through your mat.
Unfortunately i had only had my mat for about 3 weeks when i was having trouble with the level of stickiness it had left.
I will show you exactly how i retack restick my scanncut mat to make the mat as good as new if not better.
As you i recently purchased a brother scanncut machine and while i love it there is one thing i do not love and that is the mat.
What we tend to do when we have a mat that is too sticky is cut thick cardstock or you can dab the mat with a lint free cloth such as a piece of denim to remove some of the sticky.
I do sympathise beth as we have had this happen.
Problem 1 and solution.