Can You Cut Laminated Pages

Chances are you have a pair of scissors at your disposal.

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. Feb 28 2007 messages. If you lack another kind of trimmer you can definitely use the scissors to trim your laminated documents especially if you used thinner film. If you do use scissors slide them through the laminate don t open and close the blades.

Giraffe326 aug 10 2013 8. 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. This will give you a smoother cut. This can be time consuming.

If it was display laminate cut. So i just laminate the entire sheet then cut out my pieces. Place the object over a heating element covered with cloth and slowly lift the laminate with a razor or sharp edged knife. 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.

Chemical baths are used for antique documents under an archivist s direction. If an older object was laminated and is now peeling you can send it though the laminator again. Removing lamination from id cards and recently laminated documents can be done safely using heat. I haven t had my personal laminator long so i haven t experimented with laminating then cutting yet.

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. According to office zone if you sent your paper through when the machine was too hot sending it through the machine a second.