It is helpful to make it sticky again before the next use.
How to make a cricut cutting mat sticky again.
A sticky cricut mat is essential so that your material cannot slide when the machine is cutting.
These are the ways i have read about so far using a lint roller roll the lint roller back and forth over the cutting pad to get all the paper pieces and paper fuzzies off the mat.
Ideally these sticky mats are only to be used for a few dozen times before they become inaccurate non sticky surfaces that can ruin a potentially perfect craft but don t throw them away just yet.
Applying glue can be an effective way to make the mats sticky again.
So to counter this problem many scrappers have come up with different methods of making the mats last longer or making them sticky again.
But you have to use the glue appropriately.
After some time it becomes less sticky or not sticky at all.
Utilize broad even strokes that go smoothly over the mat.
To complete the procedure you have to apply the paste to the inner gridded bit of the cricut mat.