Self-Healing Cutting Mats
If you are investing in a paper trimmer, craft knife or a straight edge a cutting mat will be essential. A high-quality self-healing cutting mat will not only protect your work surface, but it will also prolong your cutting implement by ensuring it stays sharper for longer.
What is a Self- Healing Cutting Mat?
A self-healing cutting mat is made from tiny pieces of material which are pressed together to create a solid cutting surface. When cut into with a rotary cutter, blade or knife the blade goes between the tiny pieces, separating them but not cutting into the surface as a whole.
Benefits of Self-Healing Cutting Mats
The benefits of a self-healing cutting mat are really within the name. No matter the blade you are using or how many cuts you make the mat will bind back together again leaving you with a smooth cutting surface.
Which Self-Healing Cutting Mat is right for you?
RotaTrim self-healing cutting mats range in sizes from A4 to A0 and are a high-quality 5-layer double-sided mat which is pre-screened with both metric measurements, including centimetres and millimetres and imperial measurements which include inch and ¼ inch, picsas and points. Angle lines of 30, 45 and 60 degrees are also shown. These self-healing cutting mats are also 3” in thickness. RotaTrim large self-healing cutting mat the ‘Mega Mat’ is 1mtr x 2mtr 5mm thick unscreened mat.
The self-healing cutting mat you choose will depend on the size of the material you are cutting and the space you have available.
Where to use Self-Healing Cutting Mats
RotaTrim self-healing cutting mats, large or small, are made to be as versatile as possible which is why we are proud to be able to offer six different size variants which make them attractive to all industries.
RotaTrim smaller self-healing cutting mats may be better suited to craft rooms, homes, offices and classrooms as they are small enough to move around and store (the A4 cutting mats also make great computer mouse mats!).
The larger mats may be better suited to industrial workplaces where space and storage are not an issue. While RotaTrim ‘Mega Mats” make great workbench or desk coverings where art, craft and cutting are everyday tasks.
