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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program These self-sealing laminating sheets are easy-to-use but the finished product is of so-so quality. I tried these sheets to preserve travel momentos (ticket stubs, business cards) in a single sheet, and also for photographs.
The sheets are easy-peel (there's a removable strip at the top, so no hunting for a corner to peel), but it's harder when you apply the second sheet (the back). Lining up the two sheets is difficult, and the sheets easily stick to each other. At this point, it's possible to peel them back apart, but the process leaves the back sheet with some ridges/folds, and fingerprints start to accumulate in the adhesive as you try to get things positioned just so.
Once you carefully apply the back sheet, pressing firmly, you'll notice the plastic doesn't appear entirely clear. This is because tiny pockets of air remain, even after pressing firmly while sealing. Despite the glossy finish, this means the product isn't suitable for laminating a photograph (even though a laminated photograph is what's pictured on the packaging I received). Using an edge like your fingernail and rubbing firmly on the surface is enough to smooth a patch so it looks clear as was intended, but it's too much work to apply that technique to an entire 9x12 sheet. Larger air bubbles can't be removed once the sheets are sealed together.
A pair of sheets is reasonably rigid, but isn't entirely firm like traditional lamination would be.
This product seems unsuitable for photos, or things that are intended to be scanned or photographed later (where clarity matters), but seems a decent way to protect recipes or odds-and-ends like my ticket stubs. For some of those things, like recipes, that are likely coming from a printer anyway, it's simpler to print them on a glossy heavy paper to begin with, rather than laminating them later.
These sheets don't require any other tools, but aren't nearly as useful (or nice to look at) as traditional heat-sealed lamination. Recommended for limited purposes only.
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