This cricut cutting mat is for fabric.
Cut vinyl on blue mat cricut.
Load the mat into your machine and turn the smart set dial to vinyl.
Your machine will be set to cut the vinyl but not the paper backing.
This will remove cardstock and vinyl residue as well as household dust and lint.
This tutorial will show you how to cut vinyl using cricut design space which is the cricut design software used for all newer cricut models cricut explore explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker if you have an older cricut machine that uses cricut craft room the software looks different from design space but the basics are the same.
Cricut cutting mats.
Cricut lightgrip cutting mat cricut standardgrip cutting mat and the cricut stronggrip cutting mat.
Cricut mats are sticky and the level of stickiness dictates how secure the grip is.
Each of these mats is used to cut many different types of materials from lightweight materials like printer paper and washi tape sheets to heavyweight materials like faux leather and corrugated cardboard.
The stronggrip cutting mat is the strongest adhesive mat that cricut offers.
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.
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Keep the mat covers.
You are able to clean cricut cutting mats with baby wipes.
Cleaning your cricut cutting mat.
Cricut makes 3 different mats to use with their explore air machines.
For any crafter who wants to do more than card stock and vinyl projects the stronggrip.
Place your vinyl on your cutting mat with the paper liner side towards the mat.
You can use lighter papers on it but the adhesive is a different type and probably won t hold your paper on as well as the light blue mat would.
Remove your vinyl from the mat once your cut is complete.
Press go the c icon underneath your dial.
The purple mat or the stronggrip cutting mat is the mat that i use for all of those projects with heavy weight materials including those that are only for the cricut maker.
The major selling point on this mat is that you can cut fabric that hasn t been bonded.
Get cricut explore air 2 plus a variety of blades mats tools and materials galore this diy speed machine combines time saving performance and class leading simplicity cuts 100 materials everything from cardstock vinyl and iron on to a range of specialty materials fine point blade for cutting a wide variety of popular craft materials.