Pro, (it sounds better like that - no?
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It sounds like you're using random mat, not cloth. Perfectly OK, except that the techniique is a bit different.
Mat is held together with a resin-soluable binder. When you wet it out, it loses it's integrity pretty quickly, so you have to work quickly. Don't wet it out quite so much - if it's only 1.5 oz weight, wetting it out from one side should be OK. Don't let it sit for more than a couple of minutes!
In order to get the mat to conform to any compound surfaces, it helps to tear the mat by hand (before wetting) so that there are lots of "broken" bonds within the mat.
Paint a little resin onto the surface that you're appying the mat to, instead of the second side of the mat.
Finally, work the mat onto the surfaces with a wet brush, then finish with a roller.