Hi I'm Sophie and welcome to my world
you know a lot of people ask me what
kind of work surface is best when you're
doing duct tape so i wanted to go over a
few little things that I've learned
about my work surfaces and share them
with you
so the first thing i want to tell you is
you can get these very thin very
inexpensive these are just these
flexible sort of cutting mats these are
not great you can see
how that flexes because what happens is
you will easily cut through with an
exacto knife you can see that right
there that's just for one or two uses
its already cut through so you do not
use the flexible ones if you're going to
go for a cheaper brands like a dollar
store brand make sure you get one of
these rigid ones now these are fine
these are completely fine when I do my
big workshops where I have you know
like 50 kids and they'll all be
needing a work surface i use these
because I can't afford to buy the fisker
ones which i'm going to show you in just
a second but as you can see it's a
little it's got flex but it's a little
sturdier it's a little thicker and you
won't be able to cut through this and
these are fine and the last a good long
time they'll usually last about at least
a year before they get too scarred up
now what I would recommend if you can
get them in your area is Fiskar brand and
there's other brands too and they're all
pretty much exactly the same i
think exacto makes a brand there's a
whole bunch of other different brands
out there basically they are
a work surface mat and what you want to
get is a self-healing mat and it will
say that on there self healing
they devised these and created these
years and years and years ago when
people started using rotary cutters for
fabric and what happened with duct tapers
is they realized that that was a perfect
surface for them to use a exacto knife
on so that's why these surfaces have
become very very popular my suggestion
to you is to get these when you can get
a coupon on sale so like jo-ann fabric
Michaels they always always always have
coupons so go on their website
you can find find out whatever their
deal of the day kind of thing is
but like Michaels you can usually get a
forty percent off one item and a lot of
the times with JoAnn's it's the same
thing so if you go you're gonna find
that these run anywhere from depends on
where you live but they'll run
anywhere from like US$15.99 for something
that this size but then you can get into
these bigger sizes like this size here
and even this size here which is my
personal favorite I love this size this
is the 18 x 24 this
size is the size that i find is easiest
to move around take with me
it's also it's a great size for working
with my duct tape projects so i got
an 18 by 24 they make them even
bigger like 36 x 48 they even make them
bigger than that i believe but anyway
this will run you about twenty dollars
so if you can get a coupon for like
forty percent off you can save yourself
a good goodly amount of money you can
get it for like twelve to fifteen bucks
so that would be my suggestion for you
so work surface you always want
to make sure that you take care of them
don't store them in this position
especially if they're big like this
don't store them in an upright position
because what happens is they will start
to take on this bending can you see how
that has like a bendy quality you don't
want that so store your work surfaces
flat you can put them under your bed put
something you know on top of that you
know that's fine but just make sure that
you're storing it flat don't store it on
its side and that is what I have to tell
you about work surfaces if you've got
ideas about your work surfaces that you
want to send me make sure you put them
in the comments below because i always
love hearing what you know what you the
audience use and appreciate and like the
other thing one quick thing don't use
wood like a wooden cutting board
it's going to get scarred up so quickly
that your tape is just going to stick to
it and it's just going to get destroyed
so don't use wood stick to something
that is a self-healing mat that's my tip
for you for more ideas
and what to do with your duct tape and
how to make it to last longer time or
easier to work with coming check us out
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