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aerianna Jul 18, 2006

I just laminated on of my hangtags for a bear and was showing it to one of my friends and he said that sometime laminated stuff comes apart and looks icky. Has anyone laminated their hangtags? Do they hold up?
Aerianna

All Bear Jul 18, 2006

Hi Aerianna,

I always laminate my hangtags.  I haven't found it to be a problem .. more of a problem not to laminate because card gets bendy and sad looking! 

jenny Jul 18, 2006

I don't laminate my tags...never thought about it...

I do think they might  (my unlaminated ones, I mean) get worn looking as the bear gets old...but that's about par for the course for any hang tag...I have sewn in tags too.....

I quite like those little pockets that fancy stores use for posh tags..they'd be expensive though.

Daphne Jul 18, 2006

I laminate..... I look at the tags on my first bears that I didn't laminate and they are mangled.

I use a hot laminating method. I think that over time this might hold together better than the cold laminating. But I'm honestly not sure. I know that after 5 years the tags I've laminated look great. I find it handy at shows as I can put a sticker on with the price and easily peel it off when a bear is bought. Trying to peel a sticker off of paper or erase pencil from the tag isn't always easy, it's time consuming and one can make a mess in the process!

My two cents anyway!

Jenny... love your idea! Those pouches are neat!

toadbriar Jul 18, 2006

I had a laminated part of a handmade shower invitation on my desk, & condensation from a
cold glass made the lamination & the printing underneath dissolve, so it was just plain
paper. Hey it was laminated, I thought it would work as a coaster!  I'm not sure what
method was used to laminate it if that happened - it looked pretty strong before it got wet! But I
had the crazy notion that lamination was supposed to protect from stuff like water. 

So uh...whatever the shower invitation maker used....don't use that 

All Bear Jul 18, 2006

I use a hot laminator too Daphne.

Deb Jul 18, 2006

I don't ... but would like to ... soon as laminator moves up on the priority list.

Daphne Jul 18, 2006

I've had photos and cards that were laminated for safe keeping in hub's wallet go through the wash.. they survived ok. I'd again used the heat process. Maybe still being IN the leather wallet (which also survived.... phew!) has something to do with it??

doodlebears Celebration AmbassadorJul 19, 2006

I've just bought a laminator and have yet to use it. I think I will try the hot laminating on my tags and hope they stay good.

Hugs Jane. 

Marie_ Jul 19, 2006

I haven't laminate my tags but I would love to do...soon as I found out how. 

aerianna Jul 19, 2006

Ok, thanks for all of that information. So it sounds like hot laminating is the trick. That is what I did to one of my labels and I think that after this advice, I am going to continue to do so.
Thank you!!!!!!!!
Aerianna

matilda Jul 19, 2006

Aerianna, I know what caused the problem your friend spoke of. If the paper to be laminated is foled in half and when cut after laminating the middle of the paper comes apart. Well it would because it isnt glued.
If you need to trim the laminate, make sure that there is a border around the paper.
There isnt anything to laminateing. you just put the paper or card in the plastic sleeve and then place in the laminator and it just glides through and comes out the other side. Walla!!! all done.
I LOVE MY LAMINATOR
Wendy

Cleathero Creations Jul 20, 2006

I love my hot laminator too.  I got it and hubby said you'll never use it... well we never seem to STOP using, tags, forms, things for the girls.  The list is endless.