Can You Cut Laminated Pages

I haven t had my personal laminator long so i haven t experimented with laminating then cutting yet.

Can you cut laminated pages. This is because the laminate will have a sealed edge where one piece of the plastic laminate fused to the other. First though cut the edges of the old plastic film as close the paper as you can and be sure the object is clean and dry. Place the object over a heating element covered with cloth and slowly lift the laminate with a razor or sharp edged knife. Removing lamination from id cards and recently laminated documents can be done safely using heat.

If it was display laminate cut. If an older object was laminated and is now peeling you can send it though the laminator again. This will give you a smoother cut. If you don t want to do this you can cut laminated paper that has a sealed edge but be aware that it is no longer completely waterproof.

According to office zone if you sent your paper through when the machine was too hot sending it through the machine a second. This can be time consuming. Chemical baths are used for antique documents under an archivist s direction. However if it makes sense and you can fit more pieces on your lamination by cutting first by all means go for it.

Some people choose to cut paper items and then laminate them. If you lack another kind of trimmer you can definitely use the scissors to trim your laminated documents especially if you used thinner film. I laminate and then cut and have no problems. So i just laminate the entire sheet then cut out my pieces.

Giraffe326 aug 10 2013 8. So far i ve only had a few instances where the lamination pulled off of the paper after cutting them. You do have to wait until it is very hot and slow.