Use "picture cartons" readily available from any moving supply company.
Question:
Is there a good web page with instructions on how to package a 24 x 40 in. O on C for shipping? And, what other considerations should be made? What shippers should be considered?
Answer:
If you live in the USA, refer to this excellent
web site for both shipping cartons and advice
on shippers:
http://www.propakinc.com/
My own preference for shipping paintings of
the reasonable size you mention is UPS.
I've had good luck with the US Postal Service
as well. I use "picture cartons" readily
available from any moving supply company.
For example, you can get them from U-HAUL
outlets around the USA. These are two-part
cartons that adjust for various mirror and
picture sizes. I use bubble wrap and foam
peanuts for filling the voids and have never
had a painting arrive damaged out of dozens
I've shipped in this manner. I've shipped
both framed and unframed using the "picture
cartons."
I measured the largest size that
I have, and it would accomodate a painting
(or mirror) up to 3 X 6 ft size. These
cartons are two-part, with the "inner"
sliding into the "outer" so that the
smallest size the carton can be is 3 X 3 ft.
I cut them down to even smaller
size when that's required.
I didn't mention it, but I also use these
as storage for my most valued stretched
canvases and frames. Stood on end, they
don't take all that much space and I have
built a shelf so that I have them stacked
two high. The cartons act as dividers to
protect the paintings from rubbing against
one another, usually two paintings to a
carton, stored back to back (painted sides
facing the carton sides).
I have found them in THE CONTAINER STORE
in the past but I didn't find them listed
on their web site when I looked. Any full
service moving supply store should carry
them.
CAVEAT: UPS and USPS and I imagine the
others, like FedEx, all have size restrictions
on packages they will accept so best to
check first before assuming. Beyond a certain
size, only commercial trucking firms in
the USA will take large packages.
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