Moving or relocating
to another place brings a mixed feeling in our mind. While the excitement, of experiencing a new city or location,
surrounds us, a sense, of ensuring a safe
packing and moving, disturbs our mind. As you have fixed the date of
shifting, the very first thing you need to take care is the task of packing. Packing
the clothes and books are relatively easy than packing the delicate items like
jewelries, crockery, and glass wares. These things
are most valuable to every household and regarded as the priceless possession
with memories attached to them. For this reason,
to ensure the safety of this priceless possession you need to take optimum
care. However, despite being so careful,
they tend to break during the shifting. To avoid
such mishap, it is better to be knowledgeable about professional way of
packing your fragile items. In case you are not approaching a Packers and
Movers company, then you should start packing the things possibly a week earlier. If you are looking for some useful packing
tips for moving your delicate items then read on. The following tips will give you an insight how to pack your fragile items and save your money sans the cost
of packing.
Make a checklist
before packing your goods and accordingly start packing the items. Use sturdy cardboard boxes to
pack your pictures and mirrors. These are available in all local supermarkets
and are appropriate for staking frames of
similar sizes. Bubble wrap or polystyrene filler is another handy
packing material that should be used
while packing the delicate goods. However, it has been seen that many
professional packers use newspapers to pack these fragile items. If possible
use plain white paper to wrap the mirror instead of newspaper as the black ink may get blotted and stick.
Electronic Devices
like the TV, computer, music system, and cameras should be packed in the original manufacturer boxes to avoid any
mishap, as these are equipped with
polystyrene foam case for protection. You can also use sheets of Styrofoam
padding while packing the larger items.
To pack your cup
plates made of chinaware, use brown paper and cardboards and stack on top of
one another in a corrugated box. Cardboards are also used to form
individual cells for delicate items inside the box.
However, pack the
plates of the same size together and
avoid making mistakes of staking
different sized plates haphazardly. Likewise, glasses are also fragile and need
to be packed with meticulous care. Fill all the glasses with tissues, wrap
individual piece, and seal with tape while packing the items. Keep a foam
plate in between two plates to work as
a cushion for your favorite plates for a safe delivery.
Place cushion foam
at the bottom of the box before adding any wrapped pieces. Make sure
that you cover each delicate item with
sufficient layering and optimum padding around.
It is better to put some form of cushioning between the top and the central
portion of included items, such as teapots, sugar bowls, and casserole
dishes. Thus, you can enfold the whole piece to be protected so that not gets
damaged easily.
You can use a corrugated box as well to pack your valued
goods in a separate unit. Just ensure to fill all the extra gaps inside the
box. Place the heavier and less delicate items on the bottom of the box and
constitute the base layer. Once the foundation completes, fill the remaining
gaps with paper or foam pellets.
Labeling is
another useful packing tip for safe
moving once you finished packing your goods. Since you wrap all your items
like glassware and crockery, seal them with cello tape around it to
ensure the durability.
Use tissue paper
to wrap your necklace and other jewelries, which are always regarded as the most worthy possession. It saves your gold
chain and others from getting knotted with each other. Make separate pouch for
jewelries and cosmetics. Keeping them separately
works well.
Additionally, use
medium sized bubble wrap to cover your
antiques and collectibles and seal them with tape securely. In the end, check that all boxes and other
forms of containers are securely taped or
not. Also, verify the box whether it can
withstand the weight of the items.
Be intelligent at
the end, to label the box with “fragile” as plainly and legibly written on it.
There are many efficient Movers and Packers company whom you can approach if
you feel helpless how to pack the fragile items. The packing tips mentioned
above will surely help you to ensure safe and sound dispatching of the goods.