How to Pack Glassware for Moving it Safely

Packing any of the household materials requires good attention because even a little bit of human error or mistake can cost you dearly. But when you are packing glassware and other fragile materials then you should be extra cautious and ensure that everything is packed properly in small sized boxes using good quality packing paper and bubble wraps. Proper packing for each of the materials to be moved is equally important, packing of your lovely glassware needs extra attention and care. Glassware could get damaged quite easily even with a little hard collision during transportation and thus proper packing of glassware is very important.

Here’s a few useful tips and to help you get started with packing of glassware and other fragile items. These packing tips are going to be very helpful especially if you are shifting of your own and you have decided not to hire a packers and movers service provider to help you.

Bubble Wrap
Get some bubble wrap to wrap your glassware. If you don’t have bubble wrapper, you may use old newspapers. If you are using newspapers, then make sure to wrap it in three four layers. You should wrap individual items in groups, like all bowl in one group, plates in a separate group and so on. Once each of your glassware items are wrapped properly, the next step is to put it all in boxes.

Packing your Glassware in Card Board Box
While packing these glass items, you will require some crumpled newspapers to fill all the gaps. Ideally you should use dish-packing boxes that have space created for every item, but if you don’t have dish-packing boxes, then you may use simple cardboard box too. Whatever box you are using, put some newspapers or thermocol at the bottom of the box to make it softer and place all your items properly into the box. Put or arrange items vertically never put them flat else it could get damaged. If you are doing it on multiple layers, then use some newspapers between each layer. Now fill the box with old crumpled newspapers after tearing it into small peaces. There should not be any gap and these papers should fill the gap to ensure no or minimum damage. Cover your items with more newspapers to create a soft edge and then its time to apply tape. Once you are done with putting all glass materials, fill in the entire gap and apply cello tapes to pack it finally.

Labeling
Cartoon or packed boxes must be labeled properly to ensure you can identify them easily. Also mention clearly if there is highly fragile items inside any of the box and mark with arrow so that it can be loaded properly.So label your box properly and flag it as Glassware and to be handled carefully. Properly labeling each of the box will help you even at the time of unpacking. So it’s important.

Over to you

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