{"id":87737,"date":"2023-03-02T11:11:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T19:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heyletsmakestuff.com\/?p=87737"},"modified":"2024-02-12T08:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:18:22","slug":"clean-a-cricut-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heyletsmakestuff.com\/clean-a-cricut-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Methods to Clean a Cricut Mat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Get more life out of your Cricut cutting mats by cleaning and restoring their stickiness! Here are four ways to clean a Cricut mat, including baby wipes, Windex, dish detergent, and Simple Green cleaner.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you started a Cricut crafting project only to realize your material won’t stick to the mat<\/strong>? We’ve all been there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My own Cricut mats are covered in leftover pieces of my crafting projects, lint, dust, Bernese mountain dog hair, my own hair, finger oils, and more! I’m sure yours are not much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, I’ve used Cricut mats and thrown them away once they became unusable. I’m lucky and privileged enough that because of this business, I can afford to replace my mats regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I know there are crafters out there cleaning their Cricut machine mats to extend their life to save money and waste less. So I thought I’d do an experiment by testing four different methods: baby wipes, Windex, dish detergent, and Simple Green cleaner. For me, wasting less is my biggest motivator—I am tired of throwing things away, especially unnecessarily!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had questions as I embarked on this experiment. Would any of these methods be too harsh and remove some of the adhesive? Would this not just get my cutting machine mats clean, but also sticky again? Would any of these cleaners leave a residue on the mat that would transfer to my materials? Read on to see the results of each of my tests!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that all four of these cleaning methods should work on the blue LightGrip mat, the green StandardGrip mat, and the purple StrongGrip mat to extend the life of your mats. Scroll down for my tips for the pink FabricGrip mat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grab everything you need to clean your Cricut mats on my Amazon shopping list!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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