Gbc has created selfseal laminating sheets and laminating pouches that you can seal without the use of a laminator.
What can you do with laminator sheets that don t work.
If your sheets didn t come with a grid make one yourself by drawing measured out intersecting lines on a piece of paper with a ruler and pencil.
Try feeding the pouch slowly to avoid the problem.
Remember you are not concerned about wrinkling of the film on the shoe.
Here is a guide on how to use gbc s sealseal laminating sheets.
Remove the backing from the laminating sheet and realign it so the grid is even with the pouch.
A thermal laminator can in many cases be used for cold laminating as well if the machine has that feature option.
To begin you will want to choose between three different styles the regular permanent laminate the re positionable laminate for straight lamination or the fun framed photopop pouches that add a decorative border to your items.
However laminators even for the cold process deliver the best quality.
As well you could laminate photos with the plastic sheets and create unique coasters or laminate coloring pages or large images and create decorative place mats for the kitchen table.
Don t force the pouch some people push the pouch through the laminator to try and laminate faster but this can cause bubbling.
Yes you can laminate documents without a laminator.
Increase the feed spool s tension one of the reasons for bubbling is inadequate tension between the paper and the pouch leading to air getting trapped.
Lamination is one of the best ways to protect your important documents and favorite photographs.
You are only concerned about wrinkling you can see in the finished work.
Use 3 preservation.
Cold laminating is sometimes used for sensitive documents such as photos.
Place the grid behind a clear laminating sheet.
All can be great options but only you can decide which one works best for you.
You can use laminate sheets to preserve items that would otherwise not last.
Otherwise you don t really have to laminate the rest of the stuff if you don t want to.
Some ideas would be to laminate pages inside a scrapbook.
I used to print on cardstock but i ve found that regular ole copy paper does just fine when laminated.
If cold laminating is all you do use self adhesive laminating sheets without a laminating machine.
It s unusual to need more than 5 6 turns of tension even on bigger laminators.
Place the item onto the laminating sheet.
A larger laminator with 5 mil or heavier film may require 4 5 turns of tension on each knob.
In fact there are three easy diy methods with no machine needed.
