Tips For Cutting Laminated Paper

Use to cut out the pictures and other items you will be decoupaging.

Tips for cutting laminated paper.

To help with cutting decorative paper with a lot of small details you might want to use scissors with smalls blades or a utility knife. Cut out the curved shape. This is especially important if you don t have a paper cutter and are using scissors. Using a sharp carbide tipped blade preferably on a table saw is the best bet for a smooth edge.

If you need a perfectly straight cut use a craft knife and straight edge. Hold the jigsaw vertically which will help the blade make a smooth cut from one side of the laminate to the other. A common problem with cutting laminate is a rough chipped edge which is usually caused by a dull saw blade or the use of a saber saw. Trace the shape onto the laminate and make the cut.

Then you cut the fold open and fold the other way and laminate. Tweezers are sometimes a great help when it comes to positioning small pictures. So far i ve only had a few instances where the lamination pulled off of the paper after cutting them. Laminated paper cutters and corner rounding tools are used to change the shape of or add holes to a finished print.

Cut the laminate when using laminate for shelving the first priority will be to cut the material properly. Because i use small pieces i have been cutting the pieces laminating and then cutting again so the edges would remain sealed after laminating. Take your laminated or printed item to the next professional level by using any of these helpful paper cutting tools. Use the jigsaw to carefully cut along the marked line.

For years i have laminated the small pieces of my games and centers to make sure they will last. With a standard jigsaw blade flip the laminate plank upside down. This will give you a smoother cut. Step 3 cut through the laminate along the line using scissors or a paper cutter.

Something i learned in student teaching that was brilliant was if you are laminating at school on a big laminator and you want to laminate a large anchor chart that is too wide fold it in half laminate it. Place the pattern on the backside of the laminate making sure to flip the pattern so your cut laminate is positioned to come out correctly when the plank is flipped face up. So i just laminate the entire sheet then cut out my pieces. That time when you cut the fold it will all be perfectly laminated.

Use your paper template to trace the required curved shape onto the piece of laminate with the non permanent marker. Do you have any tips to save money. A craft knife and straight edge. However if it makes sense and you can fit more pieces on your lamination by cutting first by all means go for it.