How To Laminate Paper

Be it your first ever certificate, your first appointment letter, the letters you received from your lover or your business card, you definitely would like to keep these precious sheets of paper as safe as possible. Unfortunately, however, just securing these documents within enclosed files will not do to protect them from wear and tear. So, what do you do to protect your documents from wear and tear and maybe even the elements? Well, the best thing to do to keep every sheet of paper safe is to laminate it. Here, laminating paper really is the way to go. It has what it takes to be the answer to all your worries that revolve around the safety of your documents. Lamination, apart from ensuring the safety of your papers, can also make them look a lot more attractive than they previously would have. As far as lamination goes, there are different types of laminating sheets and laminating machines that can help meet the requirements of different types and sizes of paper. Read on to uncover instructions on how to laminate paper.

Instructions On Laminating Paper

You Will Need

• A Laminating Machine
• Laminating Sheets
• Corner Cutter
• Paper Cutter

• The first and foremost thing to do when looking to laminate paper is to, believe it or not turn on your laminating machine. Why should you turn on your laminating machine much before you do anything else? You should turn on your laminating machine before actually doing anything else, because the laminating machine will need time to get hot.
• If at all you are laminating business cards, make it a point to use laminating sheets that match the size of your business cards. This is what will help you get the best out of the whole process of laminating a business card.
• It’s time to move on to your laminating sheets. Begin by taking a good look at them. Once you do this, you will realize that a laminating sheet is two pieces of plastic that are connected on one side. To initiate the lamination process, you will have to open the laminating sheet and place the paper that has to be laminated in between the two pieces of plastic.
• If the laminating sheets and the paper that has to be laminated are of the same size, make it a point to center the paper. However, if the laminating sheets and the paper that has to be laminated are of the same size, it doesn’t really matter if your paper is centered or not.
• Your laminating machine should be hot by now and this is the best time to get the chosen papers laminated. Begin by placing the connected end of the laminating sheet into the machine, this end will then be fed into the machine.
• If at all the sheet that you put into the laminating machine comes out with spots, don’t panic. This really is not a cause for concern. It only means that your laminating machine wasn’t hot enough. Wait for a few minutes and run your sheet again, it should seal just fine.
• Once the laminated sheet is out of the laminating machine, you will have to give it some time to cool before actually placing it on the paper cutter. Here, you will have to permit a little plastic to actually extend around all four edges of your paper. Once you do this, you can go ahead and cut away the extra plastic. As far as paper cutters go, you will have to make it a point to use the ones that are made out of metal.