If you lack another kind of trimmer you can definitely use the scissors to trim your laminated documents especially if you used thinner film.
Can i cut up pouch lamination.
In summary i still highly recommend using laminating pouches with pouch laminators.
Some people choose to cut paper items and then laminate them.
A5 paper in an a5 pouch.
However if it makes sense and you can fit more pieces on your 4.
If you do use scissors slide them through the laminate don t open and close the a craft.
Don t be tempted to put two a5 pieces of paper into an a4 laminating pouch unless you are planning to use a carrier.
Blow the warm air under the lamination.
So far i ve only had a few instances where the lamination pulled off of the paper after cutting them.
This can be time consuming.
We strongly advise against laminating multiple cut outs inside one pouch.
A flush cut offers aesthetic benefits but the edge of the printing is not completely enclosed in film.
So i just laminate the entire sheet then cut out my pieces.
There is far less hassle the time needed to get the job done is far less and in all honesty laminating pouches don t cost very much.
Cut the edge of the lamination allowing heat to be blown between the card and the lamination.
Attempting to laminate more than one document in a pouch is likely to result in jamming.
Instead purchase smaller pouches and laminate each document.
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.
It is always best to try to use the correct size paper in the same size pouch e g.
Pouch carriers can easily be cut down for smaller pouches or custom sized pouches for credit cardsize laminating pouches 2 1 8 x 3 3 8 part number.
This is because the laminate will have a sealed edge where one piece of the plastic laminate fused to the other.