I do sympathise beth as we have had this happen.
Scan n cut mat too sticky.
It is so frustrating when the mat is too sticky and all your lovely designs tear when you try to remove them.
Don t get concerned if your brother scan n cut mat looks dirty and loses its stickiness.
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.
Once your fabric is secure and at your desired blade depth cut your design.
I will show you exactly how i retack restick my scanncut mat to make the mat as good as new if not better.
I have just bought a brother scan n cut and used it for the first time yesterday.
Anyone got any answers on this one.
How to clean your scanncut mat.
And it is proprietary because the machine reads the markings on the mat when it does the scans.
Before cutting your fabric always perform a test cut to ensure that your fabric and blade depth work together.
Start with a smaller blade depth and work your way up to what you need in order to avoid cutting too deep and through your mat.
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.
After a few.
Those scanncut mats are not the cheapest to buy.
I use a circuit mat in my silhuette without problems but you can do that with the brother scan n cut.
The brother scan n cut is the very worse of all the meats looses sticky after about 2 3 uses.
Problem 1 and solution.
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.
This is pretty much all you need to do.
Unfortunately i had only had my mat for about 3 weeks when i was having trouble with the level of stickiness it had left.
In this brother scan n cut tutorial we show you how to clean your ma.
This will definitely save you a bit of money.
Using a baby wipe wipe over the cutting area to remove all the fluff lint hair and whatever else is sticking to that mat.
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.
Problem 2 and three simple solutions.