P3D Re: Iron alternatives

[Stephen Kearney <slk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> So Stephen - is this a roller type laminator or just a 'squeeze' type? It
> has no effect on the film?

It's a roller-type laminator. The slide is placed in a slick paper sleeve
before going through the rollers. This sleeve normally would prevent the
laminating plastic from sticking to the rollers, but for my purposes it serves
to protect the slide. After some use the sleeve gets a bit worn and coated with
what I think is residue from the glue in the slide mounts. This residue can end
up on the film chips and although it can be cleaned off I just switch to a new
sleeve periodically. The temperature setting is pretty critical; too cool and
the glue in the mount doesn't bond completely, too hot and the film chips
wrinkle. Trial and error is necessary to find the correct position for the
dimmer.Commercial quality laminators are available with adjustable temperature
and rollers (for different thickness materials). But they go for around $200
I've been told.

> I thought about making a cutout in cardboard the size of a sealed mount and
> having little bits of ?? to put in the apertures to protect the film. So
> that I could run an iron over the whole mount in one step. Then I thought
> "What material can I put in those apertures that will not transmit heat?".
> And then I stopped thinking....

I experimented with something along those lines. I was never able to adequately
protect the film chips...

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