Dear Flex Mat,

[Nikki]

I HATE YOU!!!!

For the love of Pete!! I have a couple of very curly-uppy mats after cutting 100 triangle boxes. Super duper annoying. Why isn't the Epic 6 just a wider Revolution? Corey says to me "Just flip it over every few times and it will flatten itself out" so I showed him the Keep this Side Up imprint and he shrugged and said "Whatever" lol that warning wouldn't have stopped him from doing it.

I just didn't have the time to flatten one between some books because that takes like a couple hours and I had to get these things done!!

Is it just their way of upping the sales for flex mats? I mean really. So aggravating!!

Now that they are all cut though, I can move on to stage 2 and I will find a new complaint, I'm sure.

[Susan]

okay - calm down! take a deep die-cutting breath! it's going to be OK!!

first of all - I flip my mat all the time! To heck with their "their side up" - flip it - trust your husband! he's right! {this time!}

second of all - toss your flax mat into the oven on a cookie sheet at about 250° for a couple of minutes - trust me!

it's awesome!

don't worry - don't panic! Flex mat is a fickle creature, you have to know how to stroke it to keep it happy!

but once you know the tricks - all will be fine!!

[Nikki]

Thanks boss Corey wanted me to pass on "I told you so, Nikki!" The other side just didn't feel like it was the same texture so I didn't want it to, I don't know, smush my dies or something and I was a little afraid to try it. So, I feel gobs better now!
Also, I'm not allowed to operate things like ovens or handle utensils such as knives, lol, I'm too clumsy!

[Basketlady]

Follow Susan's advice! It will save your sanity. I just had a bake off last week with all my mats. I have a ton of them because I dind't know the baking secret and kept buying new ones. The good news is that I have a ton of mats and can go longer between baking--the bad news is that I have a ton of mats!

[midmiscrapper]

Great information...I would NEVER have thought to put my mat in the oven!! But it makes sense...

Pam

[Susan]

here in AZ I can just toss them out on my glass top patio table and in a couple of hours they are perfectly flat.

but I experimented with the oven last winter and it works just fine - only takes a few minutes...

[Nikki]

That's just it. When it's nice and summery (which is for about 2 weeks per year in WI) I would put it by the window and go do something else, but it was both dark and I was in a hurry so that just wasn't an option lol. But after a decent night's sleep I was able to calm myself down and move on. lol

[Deleted]

I "bake" my Flex Mat, too! I've put it outside on the concrete patio in the summer, and that's worked, but the last time I did that, I came back to get it, and a small lizard had claimed it to enjoy the sun (guess he didn't have a beach towel)!

[Cat]

Ahhhh! I never thought about baking my flex mat. Like Nikki I hate it. Just a wider Revolution with metal gears would have suited me just fine; but "No we got the Epic Disaster" Sorry but I still haven't got over the fact we spent money on something that was such a disappointment; and their fix was just as disappointing. I know I'm crying over spilled milk and water under the bridge.....I just love my Revolution; wish it had metal gears so I don't have worry about stripping them out. I so hoped the Epic was that machine. Susan's idea of baking the mat does make using the Epic a little better.


Cat