How To Pack China and Crystal
You'll need:
- Tape
- Small and medium boxes
- Cardboard
- Styrofoam peanuts and bubble wrap
- Blank newsprint
- Lots of patience
TIP: Don't use compartmentalized liquor boxes unless
the compartments are made of sturdy cardboard and you
put a layer of packing material on the bottom first.
(Usually the compartments are too flimsy.) Glasses
and cups should still be wrapped in bubble wrap.
How to pack Plates and Bowls
- Use dish barrel cartons and place all plates on edge
in the containers.
- Layer bubble wrap in between, leaving space at the top
of the box to fill in with wadded newsprint.
- Place wadded newsprint or peanuts in the bottom of a
box and put layers of plates or bowls on top. Then fill
in top and sides with peanuts or newsprint.
- Seal and mark "Fragile - China." You're done!
Glasses and teacups . . .
- Wrap each glass or teacup in a piece of bubble wrap and
tape it.
- Put a layer of peanuts or newsprint on the bottom of
the box. Place wrapped cups or glasses on top, upright
as if you were placing them on the table.
- Place a layer of cardboard and another layer of packing
material on top and the sides.
- Keep layering in wrapped cups and peanuts until you've
reached the top. Put a final layer of packing material
on top, seal, and mark "Fragile - Crystal/China." That's
all!
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