How To Ship Glass Sheets

Keep the roll secure with a strip of artist tape.

How to ship glass sheets.

How to ship glass across the country. Place a sheet of glassine paper between each work before rolling. Secure the wrap with packing tape. Layer the art from largest to smallest and make sure every piece is facing the same direction face up or face down.

First wrap the glass sheet in a garbage bag or bubble wrap to prevent scratching. Then lay down 2 more strips in the form of a cross or plus sign with the tape stretching from the midpoint of 1 side to the midpoint of the other. Shipping multiple pieces in a tube. Line the inside of the bigger box with packing material.

Then consider adding some secondary protective packaging as well such as air pillows foam or even loose fill peanuts. The support material must not compress unduly when the case is mishandled for example snatch lifted dropped otherwise scratching or breakage may result. Pack the smaller. To start off you re going to want to find two different sized boxes.

Place two strips of masking tape in an x shape across one side of the glass pane and then follow up with four smaller x. Protect glass or acrylic on framed artwork. Since glassware tends to be smaller but heavier when stacked your best bet is to use a small or medium double wall box for packing. Where large sheets are concerned they should be slung and handled on their edges.

Make sure that all sides front and back are well protected. Then secure with tape. Lay down 2 strips of artist tape over the glass in an x formation with each piece stretching diagonally from 1 corner to the other. One should be big enough to fit your glass item with extra.

How to safely pack and move glass panes use protective gloves with sticky material such as latex or nitrile on the palm to guard against slippage and cuts. Make a star pattern out of tape to protect small glass panels. Suspended packaging can even work to ensure the glass doesn t move during transit. Small stained glass panels can be safely shipped using the double boxing technique.

When wrapping glasses first wrap each in newspaper tucking the paper inside the glass as well. Load the window glass into a moving van or truck so that it is upright and leaning at a roughly 45 degree angle to the side of the truck.