How To Ship Framed Artwork With Glass

Make sure the bubbles are facing.

How to ship framed artwork with glass.

Do not use glass protection tape on non glare glass as it may damage the surface to avoid damage do not let the artwork contact the paper hardboard or corrugated cardboard. The tape will keep the glass from shattering and scratching the underlying picture and from hurting the handler in case it breaks. To prepare a picture frame for shipping first cover the glass panel with artist tape in the shape of a star or grid. Cover the glass glass protection tape if shipped in the frame.

Use a full overlap box fol for shipping framed artwork. The box flaps fully overlap one another and give the box extra cushioning and increased stacking strength. Once the glass is taped use bubble wrap to cover your artwork. Select an appropriate shipping container.

How to safely pack framed artwork for shipping. Use wider artist tape and tape off the glass in a star pattern that way if it were to break during transit it wouldn t damage your artwork. When packing a framed piece of artwork especially one with glass we do things a little bit differently. Before packing a framed artwork mirror or photograph put two strips of masking tape over the glass in an x shape.

Once the framed object is taped up put on corner protectors. The bubble wrap should have bubbles facing out. Ship unframed artwork that s larger than 48 by 48 inches and framed pieces that. Next wrap your frame in a sheet of brown paper securing the ends with artist tape.

Tape the glass with painters tape wrap it with shrink wrap just incase the package gets wet start tapinging your strofoam box together with the art inside then we cut cardboard sheets same way as the styrofoam take the cardboard and start making your box we tape alot to help keep water out. Measure the length width and height of your artwork in order to select an appropriately sized box or shipping tube. How to prepare framed artworks with glass for shipping if your artwork is framed with plexiglas you can skip this step. Get a sheet of styrofoam you are going to cut it tad bigger than the picture basically make its own box.

Double cushion and double box the item for extra protection. No one wants it to happen but the truth is that the glass can break during the shipment. Then wrap the whole piece in brown paper again as you would wrap a present. Once your glass is taped you should cover your work in bubble wrap.

Check out this video from fedex for the best way to minimize damage to a glass frame during transportation. We strongly recommend double walled corrugated constructed for the fol.