kaygee

I hope this is the same for Fiskars mats. I'm going to try it anyway. Can't hurt, can it? Also, to pick up the lint on my mat after cutting, I use the sticky lint roller for clothes. Works pretty good if you do it after each project.

Suzy

Every so often I use a damp Mr. Clean eraser on my green boards and that seems to keep the fuzzies away. When a couple of mine were new, they smelled like skunk so bad I couldn't keep them in the house. It was mid-winter, so I kept them out in the sun room until the odor subsided. Brought them in and washed them with dawn dish soap and not a problem since.

Suzy

Ditter43

Okay, I had two older mats...one had been used a LOT, it was my biggest mat! I soaked them both and they didn't seem much improved. The smaller one I took some super fine sandpaper and went over it several times. I finally got it to usable condition. The big one was beyond repair. Of coarse the back side was still good, so I will keep it. I had started marking lines on it last week with a sharpie. When my DH saw what I was doing, he insisted I just buy a new one....I did and I love it!! :D

Rosyhf

I have Friskers, I soaked one outside as it very big. I put a huge plastic bag on my painting table and wet the mat down with hose and pulled the sides of the plastic around it so it is encased in the water. I also put the mat face down in the water.

true4uca

Never though of using bathtub. I use lots of baby oil in spray bottle on my dry skin. So I took the oil to my cutting mat and lightly sprayed my old mat. Used scraps of batting to kinda polish & remove linty bits from mat. Let set for 1+ hours. Them washed it off using a micro fibre cloth & warm soapy water, twice. Sure looks renewed.

quilterfly

took me a couple of days, but I finally got it! Duh!

Olivia's Grammy

I have the 36 x 60 mat. Has anyone tried rolling it to put in the tub? I've already bought a new mat, but I would love to recondition the old one.

PEP

Thank you for the Olfa cutting mat reconditioning! Here I am again, clueless in Columbiana County, Ohio! Patty

Cheshirecatquilter

How about putting your jumbo size mat outside when it's raining since it's only supposed to soak for about an hour?

texas granny

Very good I will have to try this mine are over 10 and they are still in good shape