Lamination is one of the best ways to protect your important documents and favorite photographs.
What can you do with laminator sheets that don t work.
A thermal laminator can in many cases be used for cold laminating as well if the machine has that feature option.
You can use laminate sheets to preserve items that would otherwise not last.
Place the grid behind a clear laminating sheet.
Gbc has created selfseal laminating sheets and laminating pouches that you can seal without the use of a laminator.
Use 3 preservation.
It s unusual to need more than 5 6 turns of tension even on bigger laminators.
As well you could laminate photos with the plastic sheets and create unique coasters or laminate coloring pages or large images and create decorative place mats for the kitchen table.
If cold laminating is all you do use self adhesive laminating sheets without a laminating machine.
I used to print on cardstock but i ve found that regular ole copy paper does just fine when laminated.
And the laminate gives it enough durability to work for our needs.
To begin you will want to choose between three different styles the regular permanent laminate the re positionable laminate for straight lamination or the fun framed photopop pouches that add a decorative border to your items.
Place the item onto the laminating sheet.
Otherwise you don t really have to laminate the rest of the stuff if you don t want to.
While high quality laminators are expensive there are other laminating options that don t require a laminator.
Do you print everything on cardstock.
Here is a guide on how to use gbc s sealseal laminating sheets.
Remember you are not concerned about wrinkling of the film on the shoe.
All can be great options but only you can decide which one works best for you.
Some ideas would be to laminate pages inside a scrapbook.
Cold laminating is sometimes used for sensitive documents such as photos.
A larger laminator with 5 mil or heavier film may require 4 5 turns of tension on each knob.
If your sheets didn t come with a grid make one yourself by drawing measured out intersecting lines on a piece of paper with a ruler and pencil.
You are only concerned about wrinkling you can see in the finished work.
Don t force the pouch some people push the pouch through the laminator to try and laminate faster but this can cause bubbling.
Try feeding the pouch slowly to avoid the problem.
Yes you can laminate documents without a laminator.
Increase the feed spool s tension one of the reasons for bubbling is inadequate tension between the paper and the pouch leading to air getting trapped.
