Iron the cardboard in a side to side motion making sure to cover the entire surface at least two or three times.
Can i use universal clear laminating pouches with an iron.
With scotch thermal laminating pouches letter legal and menu size use 3mil heat setting.
For most other smaller thermal pouch sizes use the 5 or 6 mil setting.
Today laminating products are readily available for use in your own home.
Universal universal laminating pouches 3 mil 9 x 11 5 matte clear 100 box unv84622.
If in doubt start with a lower heat setting and work your way up if laminating quality is not good.
But they can be a little pricey.
I like the apache.
Lift up the cardboard to check on the document.
I generally use a plain manilla file folder and just iron the file folder with my iron on a low setting to heat set them.
Sometimes depending on the thickness of the laminating sheets i put a.
Step 3 cover and iron.
Repeat this step until you find a setting that seals the pouch.
If the laminate pouch is not sealed or looks cloudy change the iron to a higher setting.
Here s a cheap way to quickly and easily laminate paper items or even your child s leaf project using simple household items.
Before ironing anything put the document you want to protect in the right size laminate pouch.
Cover the laminate pouch with a cotton sheet and place on the ironing board.
Once upon a time laminating a card or a document had to be done professionally.
You should have a little extra space around the document in order to protect the edges.
Because it has a wider format so you can laminate file folders but it is crappy for laminating anything thicker than 3 or 5 mil so if you don t need the wider format i would get the scotch or the purple cows.