Tips and advice for packing picture, paintings and artwork
Foam picture frame protection
You may have priceless artwork hanging in the great hall or a lovely photograph taken outside Sydney opera house or just your childrens first piece of artwork, framed and on the wall. But if you are moving house, relocating abroad sending a picture or painting by courier or just putting your artwork into self storage for a while you need to know what materials are available and how best to wrap and protect your valuables?
So to save damaging the frames which can be costly even for a relatively simple one, not to mention the picture or the irreplaceable painting you need to wrap them well and protect them as much as possible.
Here is a guide from The Box Warehouse on packing, storing or posting your framed works of art:
Remember we all have our own opinions and putting more packaging around your valuables will always protect them more, but may cost more too.
•Firstly cut a piece of thick ideally double walled cardboard to the shape of the glass covering the picture, if it is a painting then still cover with the rectangle of cardboard, but also put a layer of bubblewrap between the painting and the cardboard to avoid damage. Doubling or even more layers would certainly offer more protection, bubblewrap is a universal cushion and would also help protect the glass in the frames too.
•Using masking tape, tape the cardboard to the picture frame to hold the thick cardboard layer in place, the cardboard will most likely be cut from an old possibly used cardboard box which you nolonger need.
•Then using the U profile foam lengths or pre made foam corners, protect the edges/ corners and use masking tape again to hold in place. The lengths of foam are 2m long and can be easily cut to size using a sharp pair of scissors, they can be quickly and easily made into corners or for added strength go completely around the frame. Alternatively use the premade foam corners and tape into place.
•Finally wrap the whole picture frame in cardboard and using plenty of tape, to hold it firmly on the frame, then post or put into storage, you should be safe now.
•If putting into storage remember to label them up as taking all that wrapping off will be a real problem?
Handle with care
•Using printed tape or large warning labels such as handle with care or fragile will always help as it warns anyone that the contents are breakable or easily damaged?
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Written by Paul Hopkins of The Box Warehouse Ltd
