Hi All,
I picked up a green cutting mat recently.
It's covered in paint any ideas on how to clean it without losing any of the printed straight lines etc

Cheers Guys

Chris

Use the appropriate thinner for the paint
Or Windex/Windolene with Ammonia for acrylics

If that doesn't work, then an adhesive solvent of your choice (such as EMA),
but can't guarantee it won't damage it, as I spillt a bottle of EMA on my mat & it ATE the mat & EVERYTHING on it!

I tend not to use my cutting mat for painting though....

No!

Don't use the solvents, at least not without considering the following: Anything that will even touch the paint will erase the lines.

I'm afraid you will have to choose between the lines and the paint, You can't get rid of the paint without getting rid of the lines.

If you really want to get rid of the paint, start with isopropyl alchohol and work up through things like laquer thinner. The more agressive the solvent the less you must to apply. The mats themselves are not immune to the solvents, so simply soaking an area can have nasty consequences. Repeated applications of less solvent are better than simply flooding an area.

But the lines will be toast.

Paul

isopropyl alcohol/methylated spirits will still wear the lines away. i know this from experience with cleaning up a spill on my cutting matt

iso alcohol= no spill plus no lines on cutting matt

I can't help ya with cleaning the thing, but I would recommend startingover!

I use a piece of 24"X20" 1/4" glass as my main work surface. I framed it in on my bench with the cutting mat underneath(for the angles and lining things up). The glass will get paint, glue, tape residue...all kinds of the usual messes, but a simple swipe with a razor blade and it's good as new! I stuck a couple of tabs (tape) to the top so it could be lifted out, to slip in paint guides from the instruction sheets.

Cheers guys
Thanks for the replies

Chris