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Cheryl
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Posted: May 09 2005 at 11:54am \| IP Logged

I would like some suggestions on how you laminate paper. Thanks.

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Posted: May 09 2005 at 1:52pm \| IP Logged

Hi Cheryl,

You can buy a roll of laminating stuff--similar to clear contact paper but must be heavier--at an office supply store like Office Max. I haven't used it but I've seen it in the store.

I laminate paper at a teacher service center. All I have to do is sign in, and it costs a mere 25 cents a foot. You can also laminate stuff at a school supply store; the one in our area charges $2 per foot, and the employee does it for you.

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Posted: May 09 2005 at 9:34pm \| IP Logged

Patty wrote:

Hi Cheryl,

I laminate paper at a teacher service center. All I have to do is sign in, and it costs a mere 25 cents a foot. You can also laminate stuff at a school supply store; the one in our area charges $2 per foot, and the employee does it for you.

God bless,

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What is a teacher service center? Is this something for the public schools in your area? Wondering how to go about finding something like this here....
just wanted to add, at the school supply store here, the "per foot" is about 4 ft wide. I've never used it myself, but have seen teachers lining up in August and you can fit several items across in each foot.
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Posted: May 10 2005 at 6:44am \| IP Logged

Ladies don't forget to ask for a teacher discount on the laminating -- as homeschoolers many supply stores (teacher or office...) will give us discounts too if we can show we're homeschoolers -- around here, I.D. is usually my HSLDA card or state association. Office Max will give you a "teacher card" to save 15% on all copymax jobs.....can ad up over a year!

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I found out about the teacher service center from another homeschooling mom. It is in a nearby, larger town and near the public library we frequent. Yes, it's for public school teachers but anyone can use it as long as they sign in. If I were you, I'd ask school teachers in your area. And yes, the laminating machines are often rather wide and you can line up several items to go through the machine at once.

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Posted: May 17 2005 at 6:11pm \| IP Logged

Hi Cheryl!

I got a pouch laminator from Wal-Mart inexpensively and purchased the laminating pouches in bulk...it saves me so much time going out of the house to get this stuff done...I make a lot of Montessori materials and it has held up really well...I think I am addicted to it tho...haha

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Thanks for all the ideas!

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Posted: May 17 2005 at 8:37pm \| IP Logged

Does anybody know of a teacher service center in Northern Virginia?
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Posted: May 17 2005 at 9:03pm \| IP Logged

Donna Marie wrote:

I got a pouch laminator from Wal-Mart inexpensively and purchased the laminating pouches in bulk...it saves me so much time going out of the house to get this stuff done...I make a lot of Montessori materials and it has held up really well...I think I am addicted to it tho...haha

I've been wondering about this myself for quite some time. What kind do you have? The hot laminating kind or the cool kind? What are the differences between the two kinds??? Does anyone know??

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The kind I have is both hot and cold...I can't remember how much it was but it may have been around 29.00. I had heard that the hot kind was better but I really do not know much about it...sorrie!

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Posted: May 18 2005 at 7:57am \| IP Logged

I have an EZ Laminator (the cold laminating kind). It works well for what I need. It's basically like putting 2 permanent, clear stickers on either side of the page being laminated. It really is easy to work. The only downside is that you cannot remove the laminating. Once it is on, it's stuck there. There's no room for mistakes on this one. As with any machine though, I'd do a test run on a page that's not important to get the feel of the machine. Mistakes are rare for me on this machine. I don't recall the original price of the machine, but the refills (30 ft.) are about $20 at Wal-Mart. It's not exactly cheap, but it's cheaper than anything else around here and the convenience of laminating what I want when I want at home without dragging everyone along to a store makes it worth it.
I hope this helps!

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Thanks!

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We have the Wal-Mart laminator and pouch pages. Ours is a hot version and it seals perfectly. We often put more than one thing in each pouch - just make sure to feed it so it doesn't crinkle and give enough space to cut between items and still have a little margin. It's great for holy cards, too. It's easy enough for me and the 2 year old with supervision (most of the time) and everyone in between. I
use it to laminate artwork from calendars, fronts of magazines, etc and I have my own art appreciation. The only disadvantage I know is that you can only feed up to 8 1/2 by 11 size. I still go to the teacher supply store for the big items. Usually you can find the teacher supply store in the yellow pages under school supply. We have two in Alabama and if you go at the right time and check out the back room (sale room) you can find wonderful things for next to nothing - usually the boxes are a little worn, etc. In a crunch, my dh will usually cover larger items for me with clear contact paper which works sort of like laminating. It's harder to get it smooth which is why dh does it - I don't have the eye-hand coordination. We use grease pencils to write on our laminated maps (we have laminated road maps from AAA which have odd places like Ars, France on the maps) and then erase so we can trace the path of someone like St. Junipera Serra.
There is some difference in quality of laminating - mostly how soon the edges begin to come unglued. The heat and an ample margin around the edges help keep them sealed.
Sorry about no emotes - I really am intimidated by technology and my posts will be pretty plain due to not figuring out any of that stuff. Funny huh - math major who added on her fingers for years and is intimidated by technology. To this day I cannot for the life of me figure out how to use a copy machine. Anyways, hope this helps

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