01 Sep 4 Glass Globe Packing Strategies

The wiser you get, the more you’ll know! This blog post is dedicated to the men and women who’ve chosen to do things themselves for better or for much, much worse. 4 strategies to pack your glass globe are below:

• Garbage Bag: A large glass globe such as a planter or candle holder can break fairly quickly if not placed properly in the back of a station wagon (in the event of a ghost that needs bustin’) (or on an O’doyle Rules road trip). We suggest a blanket folded in half with another blanket folded in half like a criss-cross. Place the orb inside, wrap criss-cross, secure in the garbage bag, twist up like a cat burglar, and transport carefully. This seems to work.

• Grocery Bag: Smaller bulbs for lamps and fans can be transported using a similar method in a smaller grocery bag. The difference is that you put the bulb in one bag first, then wrap the bag in cardboard cut from a box, then stick the cardboard in another grocery bag. Think about it like light bulb packaging.

• Shipping Store Trip: In a professional setting like a UPS store, you can have their staff pick a box the proper size for you, use a hose that has packaging batter in it, and create your own box for the orb’s trip. The batter will fill the glass and the packaging for ease of transport. A nice brown box, you, and your Pomeranian will leave the store happy.

• Rocks and Marbles: Say what you will about vehicle vibrators, but a little vibration will go a short distance to a crack in your glass. As silly as it sounds, absorbing vibration can be achieved by using pebbles or marbles in your glass bulbs. The next step would be to fill the orb’s insides with newspaper or socks (so your rocks don’t fall out) and then wrapped accordingly in a box or double box.

Cardboard is a sturdy material that some man invented long ago for his baseball card collection. The issue is how you plan on transporting such things. Setting breakable things aside for your backseat allows for the station wagon to pull into the station with ease – Purr-Easy-Ann style. For other things, like don’t do it yourself while in Tampa, calling Sam’s Movers is suggested.