Didnt have an iron, but i boiled water in the biggest pots i have and put them on top of paper towels on the mat. Followed the heat with a stack of books and it’s working very fast and very well!
Last year I moved from one apartment to another. Of course my family helped. In the process of moving someone had took my mat and just put it in the van and let me tell you it was bent in the middle and the the corners. I thought I had to through it out. I decided to go and lay it in the sun after the initial chock wore off. I left it out for about 2 hrs and checked it. It still was a little out of place. After another hour it was right back where it was. I was so happy. Mine looks like the size you have. I brought it back in and payed it on my cutting table and left. I checked it the next morning and it was ok. Try it you may not have to leave yours out as long as you got most of the bulge out
I used my heat gun on low and added weight after to flatten. It took several tries but it worked! Just be careful to not overheat the mat it will melt!
I love RU-vid but I think I love you more because I did not expect to find that my mat could be fixed. You explained it so well and gave different ways to fix it. I live in south Texas I’m going to try the sun fix first. Then the iron if it’s necessary. I was using my wool ironing mat on top of my mat that’s what warped it. Many many thanks to you. I’m so happy now.
I have very small cutting mat only 12x18 was badly warped on one corner. I took all your tips, and seriously within moments I was done! he's not so expensive especially for somebody like me who has no budget, so I greatly appreciate your video! THANK YOU!
I had a very warped self healing mat and I tried the iron but it was a pain to get it flat. I decided to leave it outside on my patio glass table on a hot day. I left it all day and to my amazement it is as flat as a board. Hope this helps someone else. I do use the iron method with my small cutting mats that I use in my gemini fabric cutting machine, I have to add the ones I use are super thin, and the iron works great.
Thank you very much for the tip! I just ordered a pack of mats from AliExpress, and all of them came very warped and bended, i bought them for my Cameo, they are very thin and i was afraid of using the iron. I'm gonna give It a try.
I have some small thin mats that I use in my cutting machine its a gemini for quilting fabric. What I do with these is turn the steam high on my iron place a towel over the cutting mat then heat it until it is floppy. After this I place it on a hard flat surface and place a book with a 5 lb weight on top and it will cool flat as a board. I hope this helps and I have heated these small mats at least 10 times.
Hot air worked for me: less than ten minutes to heat an A3 cutting board, heating sections to not quite 40ºC, on a steel table; also flexed the board a couple of times while it was soft. Let it cool, and it stiffened up, flat as a pancake.
I did the same thing and was so close to crying because it took me a couple of years before I was willing to pay the $30 to get one this size one, 24x 36. It is so hot down here in South Texas I’m going to try the sun fix first.
Thank you so much, i tried this and it worked a treat, i closed it in my heat press to flatten it, ( not turned on of course) lol, as i don't have anything heavy enough to place on top
I tried this method on my Unique brand cutting mat that had been warped by an overheating laptop. I thought it was ruined. I tried this method. Oh my goodness, it worked perfectly after only one try. I left it with heavy books on it after the heating process. After on 2 hours it was as good as new. Thank you so much for this video. I’m now trying it with a Fiskars cutting mat. 👍🏻
I note this clarification has NOT been made but, there are different kinds of mats that require different modalities to unwarp. Fiskars requires the cold press using something like frozen cooking sheets. Janome's material says to use heat. IDK of other materials but that hits on two of them. Know your mats' producer/company of origin and check their FAQs before applying heat as it can be damaging. If yours doesn't have the name clearly visible on the mat, then try the cold method first as cold does not cause damage. Of course, apply stacks of weights [such as books as she shows] for days to maintain flatness. Remember to store your mat flat; under the bed is a great place.
Thank you for this video. I was using my wool ironing mat while quilting and I did not realize the wool mat was on the lower half of my cutting mat while ironing my quilt pieces and the steam from ironing warped my cutting mat. I purchased a new one before seeing this video. I am certainly going to give try as I never threw the mat away. If this works I will not only have learned a valuable lesson about not allowing heat near my cutting mat but I will have learned how to save a mat. 😀
I warped mine using a wool pressing mat too. I didn't even think about that steam warping my mat. Going to try the boiling pot/iron methods because at this point I don't have much to loose.
@@bettymatlock5805 I sorry to say, that I am happy to see that I wasn't the only one to have my cutting mat under my wool pressing mat. I'm going to start with a warm sunny day and if that does work; I'll move onto one of the other tips.
Good idea to flatten the mat. Mine also has a short tear which I hopefully fixed by taping over the tear on the underside of the mat with gaffers tape, which looks like duct tape, but isn’t as sticky.
Wow I hope I can do this with my cutting mat. I did originally use an iron on the mat that is why it went wavy coz I didnt know I had done that. I will defo try tomorrow. Thank you xx
Hello over there! Today I have received my new cutting mat with the big surprise that was rolled by the middle!!! Looking for this tutorial that I have thought it was excellent and helpful... I get notice that while watching was the notebook over the mat and generated heat during a short time that give some flexibility at it. With some books I hope to recover it. Thanks for your video!
I had my cutting mat standing up but not fully supported to it warped over time. I just seem to avoid that section when I’m cutting but may be I’ll be brave and give one of these methods a try. Thanks!
I used a space heater placed on the floor 6 inches from the warped area for an hour then placed a wooden board with an iron skillet on top overnight. Worked great but my mat is no where near as large as yours.
I am trying to do this now, but i have a question. Should i be trying to flatten the mat with the iron, or should I only want to heat it with the iron, and then the flattening happens as it cools under the board and weight?
I found a faster and easier way to do it. My mat is rather large too. I put the it in the oven... I had to curl the sides a bit so it would fit, and the oven door didn't quite close. Then I turned oven on pre-heat to the LOWEST temperature I could (170 degrees). When the pre-heat timer went off, (4 MINUTES, 15 SECONDS) it was perfect temperature. Any longer and it would have started melting. With oven mitts, I took it out and aid it on a piece of wood (particle board). I happen to have a moveable hearth in front of my fireplace and placed that on top of the mat, but I'm sure a stack of books would do. When I checked it in half an hour and it was cool and flat but I don't think I had to wait that long.
My Matt got warped because I put a heating pad on it but I didn't think it would be hot enough 2 warp the mat so I think I'm going to try to use the heating pad and weights to try to flatten it
Great tips! What size is your mat? I have two A3 mats but it creates a ridge where the two meet and it’s not ideal flat surface as I would like. Is there a link you can share to this one you have? Thanks in advance 😊
This hapened to my mat whitch is a small one when I accidently ironed something over it! I used the same method right away but I ironed the under side of the bum! If yours isnt glued on the table justs turn it over and do the same method! It will be absolutely flat!! Good luck!!
I have the same problem I'm so disappointed in my mat why are they making mats that are not tolerant to heat from the sun?? The mat is always going to be beside a window for light it's crazy that they can't make a mat that just stays flat
What caused mine to warp in the first place was I accidentally left mine on the kitchen table in direct sunlight all day. I’m so OCD and I can’t rest until it’s flat again. Will definitely try the iron. Please don’t let me ruin it and make it worse than it is. Ha ha
Protip for prevention: DON'T use a laptop, or device, that tends to run hot atop the surface. Mine warped when I was using my laptop for 3d modelling and intensive uses, which gets very hot on the bottom.
It was a gradual thing, first it started at one spot and then I got another bend a bit later on, not sure what caused it, some say the mat being too close too heat (iron, sun etc) can be a culprit and moisture can also be factor
What can you lose? A warped mat is useless so give the sun a go. In an Australian summer on a hot day, you wouldn’t leave it more than a couple of hours!
