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Scan n cut mat too sticky.
Don t get concerned if your brother scan n cut mat looks dirty and loses its stickiness.
Problem 1 and solution.
I will show you exactly how i retack restick my scanncut mat to make the mat as good as new if not better.
This is pretty much all you need to do.
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.
And it is proprietary because the machine reads the markings on the mat when it does the scans.
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.
Before cutting your fabric always perform a test cut to ensure that your fabric and blade depth work together.
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.
It is so frustrating when the mat is too sticky and all your lovely designs tear when you try to remove them.
I have just bought a brother scan n cut and used it for the first time yesterday.
The mat is too sticky at first which is not a problem because you just take a clean tshirt and pat it all over the mat to remove some of the stickiness and voila.
The brother scan n cut is the very worse of all the meats looses sticky after about 2 3 uses.
If you don t have baby wipes on hand then washing your mat with warm soapy water and a cloth should work fine too.
Once your fabric is secure and at your desired blade depth cut your design.
I use a circuit mat in my silhuette without problems but you can do that with the brother scan n cut.
I managed to scan a page of hexagons and then managed to cut the hexagons on photograph paper thicker than normal paper to make sharper fabric hexagons and you know what i can t get the paper off the actual mat.
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.
This will definitely save you a bit of money.
Problem 2 and three simple solutions.
In this brother scan n cut tutorial we show you how to clean your ma.
Anyone got any answers on this one.
Those scanncut mats are not the cheapest to buy.
Using a baby wipe wipe over the cutting area to remove all the fluff lint hair and whatever else is sticking to that 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.