Hi there, I'm in New Zealand so sorry cant help you on the first question, but as for the laminating it's self I use the same type of machine as the I use on the gloss. (A small standard SRA3 hot roll machine). Roll on the top and roll on the bottom (so i can do both sides at once). I have two machines one for gloss and one for satin (so I'm not constientley changing rolls around). Hope this helps. Simon