The cricut joy has three different types of mats.
Blue cricut mat purpose.
Cricut recommends you cut light weight materials on this mat.
The 12 x 12 mat will be sufficient for most projects but every now and again you might want to go large.
Cardstock patterned paper embossed cardstock vinyl.
Run a sticky lint roller or loop of masking tape across your cricut mat to remove dust fibers bits of paper and hairs.
Everything you need to know about cricut mats types of cricut mats.
There are 3 grip types and they are easy to tell apart because each is a different color.
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Use for thin materials like copy paper adhesive vinyl and iron on.
Cricut mat sizes.
The lightgrip machine mat is perfect for lightweight materials including.
If you are using the larger mat then you need to change the setting in cricut design space.
There are currently four types of cricut mats and we are listing them below from lightest grip to strongest grip.
Cricut cutting mats come in two sizes.
12 x 12 inches or 12 x 24 inches.
A cricut mat somehow loses its purpose when the surface has become inaccurate and unable to produce precise cuts.
The blue lightgrip machine mat has just the right level of grip to hold your material firmly in place during cutting yet it allows for easy removal of the lighter weight material when you are finished cutting.
This mat is for your more delicate materials.
You will use this one for papers that tear easily or that are really thin.
Lightgrip mat blue.
Fabric grip mat pink light grip mat light blue standard grip mat green strong grip mat purple also note that each of these mats comes in both 12 12 and 12.
With the cricut joy materials labeled with the word smart don t need a cricut mat.
The cricut 12 x 24 mat.
Standard grip mats come 2 in pack and are green sizes available are 12x12 12x24 to fit the cricut explore cricut expression 2 and cricut expression machines.