Inkjet printed and plastic laminated sheets. Your input is welcome.

**PICARDIE** · #1 07-07-2015, 10:39 AM

Hi all,
Perhaps this question has already been addressed, but I have found nothing about this item in the forum.

What result do you get by using Inkjet printed sheets laminated with a plastic sheet (thickness 80 µm / Fellowes'material for instance)? Especially how to work a laminated sheet laminated in our hobby? What results do you get in terms of folding (wrinkles?) and gluing? What is the aspect of the seals? Color rendition after lamination? Keeping of the model over time?

Any other piece of advice is welcome.

Thanks a lot in advance

**Zakopious** · #2 07-07-2015, 11:10 AM

You might be able to laminate a plastic film between cardstock and aluminum foil using an iron.
The aluminum foil should peel off of the cardstock.
See: Bonding (gluing) with cling film (food wrap). IT WORKS!

I would expect that glue would not stick well to the plastic film.

**PICARDIE** · #3 07-16-2015, 05:00 AM

Thanks a lot Zakopious for directing me towards this thread and its many tips.
So many tips to avoid unnecessary testing and quickly achieve good results ! As for me, I do not intend to stick together 2 sheets of paper but rather to cover a sheet of printed paper with a thin plastic sheet for "varnishing" the model and give it a glossy appearance. Only the printed and visible side would be covered by the plastic film, the other side of the sheet would remain raw. That is why I consider the use of a cheap laminating machine (i.e. Fellowes) and its specific plastic sheets , usually used to protect documents against blobs, fingerprints, coffee spilling etc.

Again, many thanks.

Cheers.