How Do Self Healing Cutting Mats Work

The outer plies are 75 mm thick and give the mat self healing properties.

How do self healing cutting mats work. To learn how our self healing cutting mats are manufactured how to use them correctly and which kinds of self healing cutting mats work best for various applications view this blog post. After the cut is made the surface has a memory and closes back together thus it is referred to. And i once took a seminar class from a chemist whose work in self healing polymers is highly respected and when i asked him about self healing cutting mats he was shocked to even learn that there were self healing plastics on the market at all. Tabletops workbenches laminating machines and so on.

Our product is free from phthalate plasticizers and can also be self healing. You ll have to keep an eye out for any hitchhikers who may decide to join your mat bath. At what point do you sand off too much and you open a portal into the self healing mat realm filling your house with cutting board material and turning its walls into the new film continue this thread. Baxter thought he needed a soak too this special solution will absorb into your self healing mat and make it nice and supple again.

Although self healing cutting mats work with a wide range of blades including rotary cutters and craft knives it s important to note that the blade must be sharp to avoid slicing through the mat. Our professional quality self healing cutting mats are 3 millimeters thick and made of 3 plies. The cutting mat is the unsung hero of the architecture and crafting world saving your table and providing an excellent work surface. When you cut on the mat using a rotary cutter the blade actually goes between the tiny pieces separating them and not cutting into the surface as a whole unit.

Cutting mats can be used for the protection of a number of surfaces for example. Self healing cutting mats give straighter cuts as the cutting tool blade will not slip into the groves of previous cuts. This will get any straggler fibers that may be trapped in the cuts on your mat and prevent it from self healing. For this post i have put together a collection of the best self healing cutting mats available for purchase.

And for the record i have an advanced degree in organic chemistry and i don t know. Our mat protects your glass tabletop from cuts. Self healing cutting mats are made from independent tiny pieces pressed together to create a solid cutting surface.