Yes, and you should. Hand wash it in cold water with a little mild soap, using your hand or a soft cloth. Don't scrub. Rinse it clean, press the water out with a towel, and lay it flat to dry — give it a day.

Skip the washing machine, skip the dryer, and skip bleach. Any of the three will destroy the rubber backing long before it touches the print.

We'll notice before you do. A person opens every order and checks that the file holds up at the size you picked. If something's off — too soft, an awkward crop, a face cut in half at the edge — we email you and work out a fix together.

Nothing goes to the press until it's right.

Mouse only, get the Small. Keyboard and mouse on the same surface, get the Medium. Want the pad to be the desk? Get the Large, that's what most people order.

Before you commit, take a tape measure to your desk. Measure from the front edge to the front of your monitor stand, not to the back wall. Forgetting the stand is the most common mistake we see.

No. The color is bonded into the fabric rather than sitting on top of it, so there's nothing on the surface to crack, peel, or wear away. Years of a mouse dragging across it won't touch the print, and neither will washing it.

That said, it's still fabric. Like a curtain or a shirt, it won't love a desk that sits in direct afternoon sun. Keep it out of a sunbeam and it'll look the same in five years as it does the day it arrives.

That's the stitching, and it's the reason the pad lasts. A raw cut edge on a fabric pad starts shedding threads within a few months. Ours is stitched the whole way around — slower to make, more expensive, and the reason the corners still look right in year three.

Worth knowing before you order: a dark design blends into the border, and a light one ends up with a black frame around it. Either looks good, but keep anything that matters — faces, text, a logo — about half an inch in from the edge.

We hold it for 14 days. After that it's deleted and we no longer have access to it.

It never appears in our marketing, on our site, or anywhere else, unless you've given us written permission. Your photo is yours.

Your own logo, absolutely. Send it over and we'll take care of it.

Someone else's is a different matter. Company logos, sports teams, colleges, and characters from games and films all belong to somebody, and we can't print them without permission. Photos found through a search engine usually settle the question on their own — they're almost never large enough to print at desk size.

If you're not sure whether something's fair game, just ask. It's a quick answer.