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Choosing The Thickness Of Your Laminating Pouches
- By Tony Beb
- Published Tuesday 26th 2008
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Tony Beb
Tony has extensive knowledge on Laminating Pouch Thicknesses and also provides knowledge on Laminators.
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A laminator will allow you to create professional looking documents that are well protected. There are a few steps to getting your documents laminated. Although you will want to follow your laminators instructions on how to protect your documents, you will want to make sure that you know the thickness and size of the pouches that you will be using.
There are several thicknesses to choose from and some of them are able to be used on certain laminators and not on others. You should make sure you know your laminators limitations before purchasing. The thinnest laminating pouch available to consumers is 1.5mil. Most laminators will not support this thickness, it will provide limited protection but is very easy to crease and warp.
The next step up from 1.5mil is 3.1mil. This thickness is usually used for big documents. 3.1mil laminating pouches allow sufficient protection for your documents, but it is still very possible to damage documents that are laminated with this thickness.
5mil is the next step up, this thickness will work great with small documents, as it will give sufficient protection, and it gives your document some substance.
7mil pouches is quite a bit thicker t
han what you will normally see in a laminated document, usually the only items you will see laminated at this thickness might be a badge or something similar.
Finally the 10mil laminating pouch thickness is the thickest of the bunch. It can be hard to find a laminator to support the 10mil. This is typically used to laminate large professional signs that need to have a very solid and stiff feel.
Chances are if you are going to be laminating standard letter sized documents or smaller you will want to use the 3.1mil thickness. Just make sure before you purchase a laminator that you know exactly what thickness each laminator can handle.
If you make sure to do the proper research you should be able to find the right pouch laminator for most, if not all of your laminating needs. Research many different laminators, as well as laminating pouch thicknesses and sizes, and research the different laminating pouch brands. If you do the proper research the final outcome of your laminated document will look much more professional after you have perfected you lamination process. The thickness of your pouches can make your document look very professional, however, if you choose the wrong thickness it could look very unprofessional, so do your research because it could save you a lot of time and money.
There are several thicknesses to choose from and some of them are able to be used on certain laminators and not on others. You should make sure you know your laminators limitations before purchasing. The thinnest laminating pouch available to consumers is 1.5mil. Most laminators will not support this thickness, it will provide limited protection but is very easy to crease and warp.
The next step up from 1.5mil is 3.1mil. This thickness is usually used for big documents. 3.1mil laminating pouches allow sufficient protection for your documents, but it is still very possible to damage documents that are laminated with this thickness.
5mil is the next step up, this thickness will work great with small documents, as it will give sufficient protection, and it gives your document some substance.
7mil pouches is quite a bit thicker t
Finally the 10mil laminating pouch thickness is the thickest of the bunch. It can be hard to find a laminator to support the 10mil. This is typically used to laminate large professional signs that need to have a very solid and stiff feel.
Chances are if you are going to be laminating standard letter sized documents or smaller you will want to use the 3.1mil thickness. Just make sure before you purchase a laminator that you know exactly what thickness each laminator can handle.
If you make sure to do the proper research you should be able to find the right pouch laminator for most, if not all of your laminating needs. Research many different laminators, as well as laminating pouch thicknesses and sizes, and research the different laminating pouch brands. If you do the proper research the final outcome of your laminated document will look much more professional after you have perfected you lamination process. The thickness of your pouches can make your document look very professional, however, if you choose the wrong thickness it could look very unprofessional, so do your research because it could save you a lot of time and money.