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A guide to laminating pouches, laminating & laminators
Laminating is a simple way of enhancing and protecting documents. Sealing a document within a laminating pouch provides a durable and wipe clean surface which is totally sealed and waterproof.
Lamination is ideal for frequently handled documents, for signs, notices, ID badges, price lists, menus and presentations.
Firstly there are 2 types of laminating pouch finish matt or gloss, the latter being the more popular (and the cheaper) we sell both and unless the item states matt in the title it will be gloss.
Microns
A baffling word which is basically a measurement of thickness. The higher the micron the thicker the sheet, and so the more rigid the finishwhen laminated. There are 2 essential measurements per sheet and per pouch readings these typically range from 75-125 per sheet and 150-250 per pouch. A good quality machine (like our Q connect or GBC or Rexel) will laminate up to 250 microns but always read the guide that came with your machine to make sure as many cheaper machines will only laminate up to 160 micron.
Hot and Cold
My pouches work on all hot laminators. Cold laminators require cold laminating pouches these machines are cheap as the do not have a heating element, but be wary pouches are alot more expensive and harder to find.
Quality
DON'T ALWAYS BUY THE CHEAPEST! All our pouches are top quality this means you are guaranteed excellent results everytime, buy cheap pouches elsewhere and run the risk of ruining your work or worse ruining your laminator. Buy mine with confidence that as long as you ahere to the laminator machine guidelines this will not happen!
Troubleshooting
These are some basic ways to fix common problems with your machine:
Crinkly laminating
Firstly turn down the heat of your machine if its adjustable, if not buy thicker pouches.
Laminating pouches are sticking in the machine
Get a carrier. Very few machines these days require a carrier, this is just a piece of card that you pop the pouch in which helps the transit of the sheets through the machine. Although we do not sell these they sometimes come inside packs of pouches, failing that ask the vendor of the machine or make one out of 2 sheets of card glued at one end.
Available MATT Pouches:
80 micron 160 in total in A5, A4 AND A3 IN 100'S
100 micron 200 in total in A5, A4 AND A3 IN 100'S
125 micron 250 in total in ID SMALL, ID LARGE IN 200'S
125 micron 250 in total in A5, A4 AND A3 IN 100'S
Available GLOSS pouches:
A4 AND A3 IN 25 AND 100'S
As a rule the more the micron the thicker and therefore the more rigid the finished product will be. Thinner (75 micron) pouches are marginally less expensive but tend to be of inferior quality, we avoid selling them unless specifically requested.
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