2015-08-10 at 7:30 AM UTC
Now that I work in retail, I get to look at a lot of licenses including out of state licenses. I have noticed that Oregon, Utah, and Texas all use the same type of laminating pouch. I am almost 100% certain that Oregon uses teslin. Texas licenses look matte rather than the slight shininess that Oregon and Utah has.
I still can't figure out where to buy these pouches from, if I even can. These pouches are laminated closed on the edges, and the front edge is sharp, while the back edge somewhat curves towards the front.
The closest my friend has come to replicating these, is by carefully sanding down the edges of the teslin at a 45 degree angle, laminating, and then use an iron to melt the back edges of the laminating pouch towards the front, so that it melts in the front pouch at the edges. This doesn't come out pretty, although my friend has a good idea on how she could make it come out nicely.
Does anyone know where these could be bought or have an idea on how they could be replicated?
2015-08-10 at 7:34 AM UTC
I forgot to ask, if you have used a die cutter on laminates, what do the edges look like after punching it out? Are they straight, or do they angle?
2015-08-10 at 3:53 PM UTC
I doubt anyone here would know. I suggest looking at the forums associated with 'darknet' sites, there is a wealth of this sort of information there.
2015-08-10 at 4:21 PM UTC
I'd ask Jeeves, personally.
2015-08-11 at 5:14 PM UTC
PM sent. I would have sent it earlier but I didn't even notice that I had a message, and I just now saw it.
2015-08-17 at 7:15 PM UTC
I ordered some film, hopefully it'll be at least somewhat correct.
I have noticed that gloss is far too reflective, but it shows the colors really well, it's very transparent. Matte fades the colors and makes the black text look a bit less black which looks obvious, and it's not reflective at all. Satin doesn't look quite right either, but luster may be the correct choice.
The main issue is that these rolls of film are like $400+ and most likely don't have a refund if it's not correct.
I have also tried applying chemicals to these laminates in order to fade them, but no success. I even tried rubbing coffee grinds on them and letting them dry for weeks but it just washes out and leaves no stain.
2015-10-30 at 11:51 PM UTC
Read the book Kingpin by Kevin Poulsen, there is a step by step in there, though the printer is quite expensive.
