Can You Cut Laminated Paper Into Smalled Pieces

I started reading stories about teachers who never cut prior to laminating.

Can you cut laminated paper into smalled pieces.

According to office zone if you sent your paper through when the machine was too hot sending it through the machine a second time will not fix the waviness and dimples on the surface that the excess heat caused. However if it makes sense and you can fit more pieces on your lamination by cutting first by all means go for it. So far i ve only had a few instances where the lamination pulled off of the paper after cutting them. Refills are available in permanent or repositionable adhesive.

For years i have laminated the small pieces of my games and centers to make sure they will last. This can be time consuming. 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.

Because i use small pieces i have been cutting the pieces laminating and then cutting again so the edges would remain sealed after laminating. If you only wqnt to laminate small things go to a craft hobby shop and ask for the xyron x150 and a repositionable adhesive refill. This is a small x shaped machine which allows you to make small pieces of paper or card into stickers. Machine and extra refill should cost around 10.

Some people choose to cut paper items and then laminate them. 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.