Can You Cut Laminated Pages

Removing lamination from id cards and recently laminated documents can be done safely using heat.

Can you cut laminated pages.

According to office zone if you sent your paper through when the machine was too hot sending it through the machine a second. Feb 28 2007 messages. You do have to wait until it is very hot and slow. So far i ve only had a few instances where the lamination pulled off of the paper after cutting them.

If it was display laminate cut. Giraffe326 aug 10 2013 8. This is because the laminate will have a sealed edge where one piece of the plastic laminate fused to the other. Place the object over a heating element covered with cloth and slowly lift the laminate with a razor or sharp edged knife.

If you lack another kind of trimmer you can definitely use the scissors to trim your laminated documents especially if you used thinner film. 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.

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. So i just laminate the entire sheet then cut out my pieces. 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. If an older object was laminated and is now peeling you can send it though the laminator again.

I haven t had my personal laminator long so i haven t experimented with laminating then cutting yet. Some people choose to cut paper items and then laminate them. Chances are you have a pair of scissors at your disposal.