27 Oct
2015
27 Oct
'15
11:16 a.m.
On 10/27/2015 10:58 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
Another alternative that I?ve used prior to expanding
foam packages
is to use foam padding. Again you want to fill up *all* the space so
that the item can?t move.
I like to use extruded polystyrene insulation panels. Here it's
available from most home improvement stores in 8' x 2' or 4' sizes and
up to 2" thick. Basically score-and-snap and very tough stuff--not
given to making "crumbs" either. I build a "box within a box" for
heavy
items and firmly brace whatever I'm sending so that neither it, nor any
component parts can move in transit. Double-walled corrugated
cardboard, as mentioned reinforced, if necessary by 1/4" plywood.
I suspect that polyiso insulation board would work as well, but I've
never tried it.
--Chuck