Hello AT,
I'm wanting to make layout / cutting space more user friendly in my office.
Right now we have solid-core doors on top of flat files, and we aren't supposed to cut on the doors, so we have crescent board on top, which ends up getting destroyed after a month of cutting drawings...self healing mats are great, but I'm wondering if you can get them in rolls and just glue them down directly on the layout surface. That would be GREAT! I'd appreciate any input! Alexa
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I found this Googling:
http://www.draftingsteals.com/catalog-cutting-mats--knifes----sissors-cutting-mats-super-size-cutting-mats.html
Not exactly a roll, but you can get a custom size.
When I worked in Graphic Design, we used Borco mats and now I guess it's also called Vyco.
At the bottom of this page, it looks like the sell it in rolls.
http://www.artsupply.com/alvin/vyco.htm
I second the Borco! It comes in rolls and you can usually get it at better art supply stores. Architects and designers typically glue it down to drafting boards (at least when people used drafting boards)
Online try...
www.dataprint.com
Check out the cutting mats at speedpress (click my name to link). 4' x 8' white, translucent cutting surface - with optional measuring grid to place underneath. These are the bomb! I discovered them years ago while working for a photo studio that produced large scale prints requiring hand trimming. I actually have one still rolled up in my basement, waiting for the day when I finally set up a work surface table. The price is right too (when compared to the cost of a traditional green art supply store cutting mat).
Borco (vyko) is a great drawing surface. It is NOT a self-healing cutting surface.
Wow, thank you for all the great recommendations. My shreddy crescent board days are over!
I wonder if the Rhino would also be good for cutting fabric.
Jennie(2) - I think the Rhino would work fine for cutting fabric. I've found that when using one of those crazy, sharp rotary cutters that I apply a lot less pressure than when using an exacto knife - thus, cutting less into the cutting surface. Also, the surface is not so slippery that the fabric would shift around.