How To Keep Your Silhouette Studio Mat From Moving

Covering it each time can help keep it clean.

How to keep your silhouette studio mat from moving.

Remove the tape and power the silhouette unit back on. I just got off the phone with silhouette and had to edit this post after getting some great help. This helps with very thick materials as well. The mat was feeding initially but then would start slanting and feeding totally wrong and end up at.

When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers. Lift your silhouette s lid to make sure any tape that is connecting the motor to the side of the unit has been removed. If your mat is bent use books to help flatten it. The matte side will stick to the adhesive more and can cause it to be less sticky.

There are 2 sides to the blue protective cover a shiny side which is non stick and a matte side. With newer mats this isn t usually an issue but with older mats you need to take an extra minute to make sure that it was adhered to the mat evenly everywhere not just in the middle. If your mat is beyond it s days you can try using tape to hold your materials in place. Make sure to store your mat flat with the cover sheet over the adhesive.

Pay attention to these details and you will save yourself a lot of wasted time and frustration. Soon loading your mat properly will become second nature and you ll be well on your way to enjoying lots of creative time with your silhouette. Like our awesome facebook page here for daily. To restick the silhouette mat and another off brand cutting mat i used dritz basting spray from my local wal mart for less than 10 00.

Use tape to hold materials in place. Set up your silhouette studio workspace to include specific sizes like 8 5 x 11 or to cut longer than the mat. Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine. The cameo 3 user s manual can be accessed through the help menu in silhouette studio.

Use your palm or even better the silhouette scraper tool to press the media to the mat and check that is is stuck evenly throughout. So something i learned rather quickly after ruining 2 pieces of cardstock on my new silhouette cameo.