This post was originally written for MyBindingBlog.com and can be found at on that blog by following this link … How to Foil Laminate with your Pouch Laminator. Please feel free to check out this post along with many other helpful reviews, demos, how to videos and more on the official blog of MyBinding.com.
If you have a pouch laminator, you already know that you can use it to protect and preserve ID cards, menus, photographs, and a wide variety of other documents. This ensures you can get the most out of your items and not have to re-print them constantly. If you have a machine that can handle 10 mil pouches, you can use it for another type of application: foil lamination. Foil lamination is simply adding a bit of decorative foil to items like greeting cards, stationary, and business cards. Best of all, this is an easy process. Just follow these steps:
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Turn on your laminator and make sure that it's on its highest temperature setting. Let the machine warm up as necessary.
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Print or copy your document on a machine that uses toner. You need to use toner because the foil won't stick to water-based inks.
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Grab a roll (or two) of laminating foil. There are plenty of colors available, so there should be a hue that's perfect for your document.
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Cut out pieces of foil that will cover the text and/or graphics contained in your document. Place the foil on the appropriate areas and put the document in a laminating carrier.
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Run the carrier through your pouch laminator. When it comes out of the machine, let your document cool off for a bit.
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Peel back the foil and admire your work. If you have other documents you want to add foil to, you can repeat the above process. Make sure you turn your laminator off when you're done so that it won't overheat.
As you can tell, foil lamination is easy and it can be done in just a few short steps. If you want to see someone go through the process, just watched the embedded video. You'll be able to see just how easy it is to add foil to your documents. Good luck and happy laminating!
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