You can use the largest mat with any easypress size but you shouldn t use the small cricut easypress mat with the medium or large cricut easypress.
What can i use instead of a cricut cutting mat.
Tape around the sides when it would go under the wheels and then apply your krylon spray or whatever you use to resticky your mats now.
Sometimes when you are using a heavy material like balsa basswood the grip strength is not enough.
A cricut cutting mat you can a pink fabricgrip mat my personal preference but you can also use a green standardgrip mat what matters most is that your mat is clean enough for your fabric to stick to it when cutting i recommend the 12 x 24 size mat for cutting fabric.
Each of these mats is used to cut many different types of materials from lightweight materials like printer paper and washi tape sheets to heavyweight materials like faux leather and corrugated cardboard.
Older cricut machines cricut joy cuts smart materials without a machine mat but it can also cut a variety of other materials using a machine cutting mat.
The nicapa heat press mats.
Fabricgrip pink mat.
Doing so may prevent the application of even heat that is needed for successful transfers.
However this mat can also be used with the bonded fabric blade used with the cricut explore or maker.
This is a stronger mat made especially for use with the rotary blade only the cricut maker uses this blade.
Purple mat stronggrip cutting mat.
Some unconventional re stick items you can use in a pinch include quilt basting spray repositionable glue sticks and scrapbooking glue.
If the nicapa pressing mat worked out significantly cheaper than the official cricut heat press mats i would go with that one.
The purple mat or the stronggrip cutting mat is the mat that i use for all of those projects with heavy weight materials including those that are only for the cricut maker.
Prevent heat from reaching your work surface.
The cricut fabric grip mat.
Thick and glitter cardstock.
For any crafter who wants to do more than card stock and vinyl projects the stronggrip cutting mat is a must for their craft room.
Use a mat that is larger than the heat plate of your cricut easypress.
What can you cut with the fabric grip mat.
If you have all the materials ready let s proceed.
Are good to a max temp of 428 can be used as a heat press pillow.
The stronggrip cutting mat is the strongest adhesive mat that cricut offers.
Cricut makes 3 different mats to use with their explore air machines.
The most common materials you can cut with the stronggrip mat are.
With cricut joy you can use a lightgrip mat standardgrip mat and card mat.
It s important to not make the edges sticky so they won t ruin the cutting machine.
Cricut lightgrip cutting mat cricut standardgrip cutting mat and the cricut stronggrip cutting mat.
In those cases use painters tape to secure the material to the mat.
The last cricut cutting mat is the fabric grip mat.
If i could get an official mat for the same price or cheaper i would go for that.
