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How to Pack Dishes

There are several different ways to pack dishes. The more expensive or the more fragile the dishes, the more care and padding that is warranted.

Inexpensive, everyday dishes

Wrap these items in newsprint (or newspapers), stack them and pack them in small moving boxes. It doesn't matter whether you lay the plates flat or stand then on edge. As you pack, be sure to fill all the voids with newsprint.

Pack cups in a separate small moving box along with other light, fragile items. Don't pack plates and cups together. A stack of plates is quite heavy and the weight can break the handle of a cup.

An alternative method is to pack the dishes in a dish pack with a cell kit. (We can show you how.)

We prefer the small moving box method.

Medium price dishes

Use small moving boxes as above-except-wrap each item in bubble wrap OR insert each piece into a foam envelope. You don't need to double box medium price dishes.

Let us point out that a single cup or plate from a set of expensive dishes may be worth $50-more than all the packing material used to pack the entire set. The economical way to pack high priced dishes is to use padding and boxes generously.

Cups

• Wrap cups in bubble wrap.
• Pack them in a medium box fitted with a cell kit.
• You can pack creamers and sugar bowls in the same box but check the directions below.
• If you need larger cells, remove one of the pieces of the divider.

Over pack the medium box by putting it into an extra large cube moving box. Use blankets, polystyrene peanuts or bubble wrap to be sure there is a uniform 2 inch pad around the inner box.

Plates and assorted small saucers

In general:
• Wrap the plates into small stacks.
• Pack the stacks into a small box.
• Over pack the small box into a larger one.

NEVER USE STRONG TAPE TO HOLD BUBBLE WRAP AROUDN DISHES (YOU MIGHT BREAK A DISH WHILE TRYING TO OPEN THE BUBBLE WRAP)

Pack the bubble wrapped bundles into a small moving. Use bubble wrap very generously as additional packing. When it is filled, shake the box to be sure nothing is loose.

Creamers, Sugar bowls, small serving bowls and all that small stuff

Wrap these items generously in bubble wrap and pack them, each in their own box, in the smallest feasible box. This box is frequently an 8x8x8 or a 9x9x9 box. Then, simply add this box to the wrapped stacks of plates being packed in a small moving box.

Serving platters and large serving bowls

Wrap these items generously in bubble wrap. Pack them into the appropriate size moving box using
• Either a small or medium box;
• A couple of similar items, heavily wrapped in bubble can go in one box.

Over packing the box

• A 6x6x6, 8x8x8, or a 9x9x9 box will fit into a small moving box. A number of these boxes will pack well into a TV/Microwave box;
• A 12x12x12 box will fit into a medium moving box;
• A small moving box will fit into a large moving box or a dish pack;
• Three small moving boxes will stack nicely into a large wardrobe box. This arrangement may permit you to keep all of your dishes in a single box;
• A medium moving box will fit into an extra large cube moving box.

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