How to pack and move fragile items

it's not easy to pack and move fragile items but there's a way to pack your family's China to ensure it arrives at your home safely first gather supplies you'll need packing peanuts or cushion foam bubble wrap newspapers or another soft padding packing tape and a sharpie you'll also want a compact box that holds no more than ten pounds follow these five steps that the pros use for properly packing China layer the box with eco-friendly packing peanuts rap China in bubble wrap and pack dishes vertically fill up extra space with peanuts or crumpled newspaper seal box with packing tape right fragile and this side up with arrows using a thick black marker make sure to wrap China dishes with bubble wrap separately from their corresponding plates however teacups should be placed on their bottoms and wrap together use sturdy cardboard dividers between individual cups and larger items so they don't bang around another tip you should know before packing China or any item around your home is how to properly tape up a box start by folding in the smaller bottom flaps then fold in the larger flaps professional movers usually use H taping the middle of the H is the middle seam of the box tape that first and then put a strip of tape all the way down both sides where the flaps were folded if it's a really heavy load tape from corner to corner in an X manner to reinforce the bottom after taping make sure that the tape is flat and sticking to the box use these precautions and your China will arrive in perfect condition or at least the same condition they were packed up in good luck you

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Length: 2min 13sec (133 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 06 2012