Hi all.. I am currently using the wilton roll and cut mat for fondant/gumpaste but it slides all around my counter top! I tape it but it still slides.. I need suggestions as to a good non-slip mat.. thanks!

I have the same Wilton mat and hardly ever use it for the same reason you are discovering. What I use now is a large Silpat. It does not slide at all.

I too had this same problem. I packed away the silicone mat about 2 yrs ago. Was a bad investment. No type of tape could have ever held in down. Used to slide all over my counter top.

I roll on a single piece of The Mat.

I "attached" it to my solid surface countertop by dampening the counter with water, placing the piece of The Mat on the water, and then using a squeegee (new from the Dollar Store) over The Mat--that drives out air bubbles & excess water. I dried around the excess water from around the edges and it was ready to go.

It stays in place for over 6 months. I wipe it down, don't put hot things on it--and I never cut on it with anything sharp. I use an OXO plastic pizza cutter to cut fondant and when I use cookie cutters, an X-acto blade, or a knife, I transfer whatever I'm cutting to a .50 flexible cutting mat from the Dollar Store.

I find the silicone mats to be dirt magnets and very hard to get really clean. If I have to use one (because of size issues), I put a silpat(s) UNDER it and that keeps it in place on the counter but eliminates the "pattern" on the silpat from being transferred to the fondant.

Rae

thanks so much for the info.. I am going to try THE MAT from sweet wise!