A guide to selecting and using a scrapbook cutting mat!

Often so called self-healing in the front, usually also with a scale and lines father that easy to measure. Available in different sizes.

A cutting mat is one of the basic tools that you find hard to do without! For each project you should cut a piece of material using a knife or other skärverkktyg, you have the great help of a cutting mat.

The most common categories of cutting mats are mats with a hard surface or a so-called self-healing mat, and glass mats.

Carpets with hard surface is rigid, robust and a few millimeters thicker self-healing carpets.

Self-healing mats are thinner (2-3 mm) and often have a thin colored layer of vinyl on top. Thin scratches of the cutting knives closes automatically due to the carpet properties.

Both the above carpets are the most vanlga among hobby people and to cope well with these.

How long do when a cutting mat?
Yes, the course depend on various factors
- Quality Material
- What material you are cutting in
- What kind of knife you use
- How sharp your knife is (Dull blades shortens life on the carpet)
- How hard you press
- Remember to rotate your rug to use the entire carpet

How to keep a cutting mat?
Regarding especially the self-healing mats, you should store them lying because they dare not stoop. You should not store them near any heat source or direct sunlight.

A glass mat costs a little more but has since more funktioanlitet as much easier to keep clean, do not wear, when you cut it goes incredibly easy against the glass surface, which also keeps your blades last longer.

Here you will find Bumblebees range of cutting mats!!

For more tips, see the video below!

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