From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Sep 14 19:13:07 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8F1D7jb021947; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:13:07 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8F1CpeD009479 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:13:06 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k8EMVPFI029748 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:31:25 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8EMVPUw029747 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:31:25 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k8EFIgFI028249 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:18:42 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8EHxbpS027272 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:59:37 -0600 X-Envelope-From: elizhgene@gmail.com Thu Sep 14 11:59:37 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8EHxbjb027261 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:59:37 -0600 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.238]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8EHxZl2031442 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:59:36 -0600 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i31so990573wra for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:59:36 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=FZ0FcVd4m3+vSceEml1/f07J+VFFi73LNr5IXUWVNOYjlYnrVIuPXbyi+8fApGRKb7kiqDBxapAWXH5Hhw20rlANGrLJJyoCsrtKHM+IOQQLXciToNLWePDr54AcaUVsdo3OWNbVKN94fk0bIa2MvSUThuf0J8Qle+ibn+cdcwE= Received: by 10.90.52.2 with SMTP id z2mr3419012agz; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:59:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.27.12 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:59:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:59:35 -0400 From: "Eliz Hanebury" To: "Suzy McGrew Krol" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] laminating Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <00c601c6d67b$46bcd620$c19d3d42@SUZY> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed References: <200609121445.k8CEjJpl043435@einstein.rea-alp.com> <00c601c6d67b$46bcd620$c19d3d42@SUZY> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com I buy Mylar sleeves at WalMart and Staples, very reasonable in price. Eliz On 9/12/06, Suzy McGrew Krol wrote: > > Where would you buy the mylar? > > Suzy > > Hugs & Smiles are great gifts: One size fits all & nobody cares if you > exchange them! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:45 AM > Subject: [ROOTS-L] laminating > > > > > > Lamination becomes part of the item laminated. I did this also but now > do > > the following on irreplaceable items. > > > > An alterative to lamination is to encapsulate. Useing Mylar or a poly > > product cut two sheets a minimum of 1" larger than the document. Flatten > > the document first. place doublesided tape on the parimeterof the bottom > > sheet. Place the document inside those margins. Set the top clear sheet > on > > top the document lining it up on the edges to meet the adhesive. Roll > over > > this "capsule" with a rolling pin, beginning from the center to remove > air > > bubbles. I round corners with a nail clipper. If you will be > doing > > a piece larger than 5x7 have a partner to help you practice until you a > > familiar with the process or practice with non family > documents. This > > will stableize an item until a professional can work with it, or you > > decide it is something you want > > restored. > > > > > >