Laminated items & removal

tennesseebanker

Does anyone have experience with removal of lamination from items ? Is there a danger of damage to the underlying item ?

Now I 'm not talking about the professionally laminated cards applied by the card companies. This is more of a home-made job.

Thenugent

I wish I still had them but when I was really young I rode my bike down to the local TG&Y with my 5 Mantles 3 Aarons and a few others to get them protected by placing them in the 25 cent laminating machine. I should have started a grading company then but unfortunately my choice of protection pretty much ruined the cards

BunchOBull

Lamination requires heat; undoing lamination, also requires heat.

If you take this on, a hairdryer will liking be your best friend...also, trim as close to the card as you can without touching the card to create an opening in the lamination if the edges aren't already pealing apart.

tennesseebanker

I'm not even sure if laminated is what you would call it. The seller says it is laminated, but it looks more like it is sandwiched between two pieces of plastic. You can see around the tickets where there is an air pocket, so I think it would be reasonably easy to remove from this contraption it is in.

mrmopar

I used sheets of clear adhesive contact paper to laminate cards as a kid. Sometimes I would try to pull it back off with some success, but mostly there was warping or rippling of the surface to spots of paper loss to full paper loss.

I still have 1 card from my collection that was "professionally" done. My elementary school had a laminating machine and they must have allowed us to laminate a few things, like papers and projects. I managed to hold on to a 78 Topps Pete Rose that was laminated.

I would probably just leave it alone myself, rather than risk damage, especially if the item were more desirable. There are probably experts out there though who have dealt with this type of thing before.