To cut laminate measure the length you need and mark the cut lines on the finished side with a non permanent pen or wax pencil.
Can you laminate then cut out.
With the big roll laminators it would depend on if it was something the kids would use or something that would simply be taped to a wall.
If the kids use it cut laminate cut.
There are a couple of things that you need to keep in mind before you start using this feature.
We actually have volunteers at school who will do this for us.
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.
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.
I hate it when i lam stuff and start to cut and everything falls apart.
The first thing to consider is the overall size of your design.
Clamp the wood to the part of the counter that you are not cutting off.
Some people choose to cut paper items and then laminate them.
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.
In other words if you are cutting off the end of the countertop at the right hand side then clamp the wood to the left hand side of the line.
If it was display laminate cut.
Like someone said if using contruction paper lam first then cut.
So far i ve only had a few instances where the lamination pulled off of the paper after cutting them.
However if it makes sense and you can fit more pieces on your lamination by cutting first by all means go for it.
This can be time consuming.
The max size of the elements you will be printing can t be larger than 9 25.
So i just laminate the entire sheet then cut out my pieces.
They come in every wednesday and then will copy and laminate and do whatever you leave for them.
If you re cutting laminate to width lay out the sheet and measure the overlap.
And the paper size you need to print on has to be 8 5 x 11 in.
Then make straight cuts with a circular saw or a handsaw.
I cut laminate and then cut again.
This is because the laminate will have a sealed edge where one piece of the plastic laminate fused to the other.
If you are cutting store bought punch out stuff cut first then lam.
One of them is in her 80 s and a retired teacher they are so so sweet.
Sometimes it even depends on the machine and how long it has been on too.