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.

Can you cut laminated pages.

I laminate and then cut and have no problems. 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. You do have to wait until it is very hot and slow.

Chances are you have a pair of scissors at your disposal. Removing lamination from id cards and recently laminated documents can be done safely using heat. 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. This will give you a smoother cut.

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. Giraffe326 aug 10 2013 8. This can be time consuming.

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 it was display laminate cut. Feb 28 2007 messages.

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. So i just laminate the entire sheet then cut out my pieces.