[pure-silver] Re: OT Laminating with a hot press

The main difference is the use of rollers to squeeze the air out of the "sandwich" as the print moves through the laminating machine. With a dry-mounting press you press and heat the entire surface more or less at the same time, so air bubbles can easily be trapped.
I looked around eBay and saw a hot laminator with a temperature dial that went from 176 to 320F. That's pretty much in line with many dry mount presses.
Come to think of it, when I first experimented with laminating prints, I used to take the laminated print and press it in my dry mount press at something like 250F for a minute or so to "smooth out" the appearance. Eventually I discovered that if I set the laminating machine for laminating material that was thicker than it really was (e.g. 5 mil instead of 3 mil), the results right out of the machine were much better. (It used a higher heat or moved it more slowly through the machine, and the adhesive melted more fully.)
Give it a try, though. Get some ultra clear GBC laminating pouches from Staples or similar office supplies store. Just be careful to put the lamination pouch + print between two pieces of thin paper like newsprint or flip-chart paper. When you heat up and press the pouch, some of the adhesive with ooze out the edges, and the paper with protect your press. It doesn't have to be special "release" paper or anything fancy, since it doesn't touch the print itself. 

Myron

On Apr 25, 2009, at 6:09 PM, Justin Knotzke wrote:



  Hi,
I have a hot press for mounting prints. Is it possible to laminate cards with a hot press ? Or are those laminating machines generally hotter ? 

  Thanks

  J
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