Cricut Maker 3 Mat: A Flexible and Reusable Craft Tool
one of the important roles. One of the reasons why this is important is because it has an adhesive area that holds the material in place during the cutting process.
Cricut cutting mats are available for all users in two sizes: 12" x 12" and 12" x 24". Once the material is cut, you can easily peel it off with the machine. Let's go in-depth to give you a clear idea about Maker 3 mat.
How Many Mats Are Available in the Cricut Maker Series?
As mentioned in the article's introductory paragraph, the machine can cut down more than 100+ materials through its blades. Before proceeding towards the cutting process, you all need to know the total number of mats and the uses and materials it can cut down.
1. LightGrip Mat
If you want to prepare your design from a lightweight material, go for LighGrip Mat. It is available in blue color and can cut materials such as Cardstock, Printer paper, Pearl paper, Vellum, and Wrapping Paper. It has enough stickiness to hold the light-weighted material and can easily remove it from the machine.
2. StandardGrip Mat
It is one of the most used mats by crafters while making do-it-yourself projects & can be found in green color. Most people use StandardGrip Mat as it can easily hold medium-weighted material. This mat can easily cut materials such as Cardstock, Patterned Paper, Permanent, Rremovable Vinyl, and Iron-On/Heat Transfer Vinyl (HTV).
3. StrongGrip Mat
The StrongGrip Mat has a special adhesive to hold the thicker material to the machine during cutting. The mat is provided to the users in Purple and cut-down material like Basswood, Magnet Material, Wood Veneer, etc.
4. FabricGrip Mat
The FabricGrip Mat was specially developed to cut the thinnest materials without needing a stabilizer. The adhesive spread on it is rare and can’t be cleaned like other mats. It is available in Pink color and can cut materials like Bonded Fabric, Felt, Any Fabric & Crepe Paper.
You must’ve grabbed all kinds of information about the various types of mats used to design crafts at the Maker series. Now, it’s time to come across the process required to place the respective mat in the machine.
How to Place the Cricut Maker 3 Mat Inside the Machine?
You must wonder how to insert the shortlisted mat in the Maker machine for DIY crafts. Here you’ll get the whole description of the process of placing the mat in the machine:
First, you need to place the material on the adhesive area of the mat and arrange it in the upper left corner.
At the Design Space, tap on the Mat Type & choose the Continue option.
Under the Connect Machine dropbox, select the machine type.
Next, change the material settings and tick on Browse All Materials.
Inside the materials list, look for your compatible material.
After finalizing the material type, you’ll notice the light on the material top side will get visible.
The light will indicate that the Maker 3 machine is ready to place the mat.
Now, hold the mat with both hands and start inserting it per the guidelines.
Following this, the machine will cross-check whether it’s the correct size for the project.
After that, click the Go option, and the process will commence.
After completing the cutting process, tick on the unload visible on Design Space.
Besides placing the machine mat and utilizing it for creating different kinds of crafts, it should be your responsibility to maintain it to increase its lifeline.
How to Clean the Cricut Maker 3 Mat?
The Maker 3 mat will get dirty after it is used multiple times for designing various crafts. Have a look at the mediums via which you can easily clean your mat:
To get rid of the leftover material, you can use a Lint Roller that picks up small materials that can be collected fom the fingers. Other than that, choose Cricut Scraper Tool to remove pieces of fuzz from the mat. Accompanied by that, take a Baby Wipe and wipe it on the whole mat in a circular motion.
Lastly, you can also choose Lukewarm water & a gentle dish soap to clean the mat. After selecting any one of the mediums to clean the Maker series mat, you are guided to let the mat air dry before using it. Don’t try to dry it with a hair dryer.
Do ensure that you follow the above pointers to reuse the mat in the future by creating various designs for various purposes.
Conclusion
Summing up the article, you’ve gained a majority of content about the Maker 3 machine, its mat types, loading process & cleaning methods. You can also read the FAQs mentioned below.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Question 1: What is the validity of Cricut mats?
Answer: The validity of a Cricut Mat depends on the number of times it has been used for crafting. However, it lasts 40-50 times before losing its adhesive.
Question 2: How to clean the PinkFabric mat?
Answer: The PinkFabric Mat is very delicate and different from other mats. To clean the mat, you can use tweezers or a spatula to plug out the remaining materials on the mat.
Question 3: How to keep the mat sticky for a long period?
Answer: To increase the Mat stickiness, all the users must cover the mat with a clean sheet and keep them clean as much as possible. Besides, you also keep the stickiness by using the baby wipes regularly with soft hands.
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