Laminating paper gives paper the strength and durability to be used in a number of applications. It helps restaurants keep a menu from being ripped and chewed up by little kids. It helps school teachers keep an educational sign from being destroyed in seconds. It helps a construction site from falling into mis directional and emergency chaos. But why do we laminate and how did laminating start?
The first signs of laminating actually date back to the 1800s. Apparently, documents may have been repaired with translucent paper when damaged. However, the first widely use of lamination was in the 1930s where it was used to strengthen copy paper. The national archives and the library of congress where the first real drivers of laminating paper. The process was used to preserve historical documents.
Originally laminating contained the use of acid on the document and heat but eventually scientists got the process down so we could all laminate easier. Now we can use a laminating machine to laminate it.
Whats important to remember is that;
Laminating started in the 1800s and started booming in the 1930s. It’s a tried and tested process which is ready to be innovated and moved on from. Laminating started out to protect documents but now in todays fast pace world, we laminate everything all the time. We laminate signs in construction then throw them out when the job finishes. We laminate signs in hospitals for short term use and change over menus faster than we can eat the food.
Our use of paper has changed. It’s a consumable and by laminating it we’re killing our environment. It’s time that we wake up to the fact that laminating paper is an outdated process which we need to move on from. PaperCoat offers that alternative. Our product is made for consumables. It will stay waterproof for up 12 months. It is 100 % recyclable and it comes straight from your printer. No plastics used.
Its hard to believe laminating started that early but its time we acknowledge its place in history and move on to new innovative products like PaperCoat!
