Can You Cut Laminated Pages

If you do use scissors slide them through the laminate don t open and close the blades.

Can you cut laminated pages.

I laminate and then cut and have no problems. So i just laminate the entire sheet then cut out my pieces. This can be time consuming. This is because the laminate will have a sealed edge where one piece of the plastic laminate fused to the other.

Some people choose to cut paper items and then laminate them. Removing lamination from id cards and recently laminated documents can be done safely using heat. You do have to wait until it is very hot and slow. This will give you a smoother cut.

Chemical baths are used for antique documents under an archivist s direction. 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. However if it makes sense and you can fit more pieces on your lamination by cutting first by all means go for it. If an older object was laminated and is now peeling you can send it though the laminator again.

Feb 28 2007 messages. So far i ve only had a few instances where the lamination pulled off of the paper after cutting them. According to office zone if you sent your paper through when the machine was too hot sending it through the machine a second. I haven t had my personal laminator long so i haven t experimented with laminating then cutting yet.

Place the object over a heating element covered with cloth and slowly lift the laminate with a razor or sharp edged knife. If it was display laminate cut. 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.