Know the Difference Between the Types of Packing Cushioning

When it comes to storing your belongings in a storage unit, you want to make sure you take the proper precautions. You have glass, ceramic, and otherwise delicate items to store, you need to make sure they’re cushioned properly inside their boxes. This cushioning will prevent them from becoming damaged upon impact during shifting. The right type of cushioning for your objects depends on what they are and what they’re made of. Below are five different types of cushioning that you can use to protect your items from being damaged while they are moved or in the best self-storage Orange has available.

Bubble Wrap

You have seen – and probably played with – bubble wrap. It comes in flexible sheets of large or small air bubbles that can be wrapped around objects like glass items, ceramics, and any other item that needs to be cushioned from an impact. The greatest benefit of bubble wrap is that it is flexible and can be wrapped around objects of any shape or size as needed.

Packing Paper

Packing paper is heavy duty paper that can be crumbled and stuffed into glassware to protect it from an impact. If you have drinkware to store, use packing paper to protect it from chipping during impact. Consider wrapping the paper around the glasses as well to provide additional protection. Packing paper can also be wrapped around delicate jewelry to keep it safe within its box.

Air Pillows

Air pillows follow the same principle as bubble wrap: air is sealed between sheets of plastic to provide a soft cushion. While bubble wrap is small bubbles on a large sheet, air pillows are large pockets of air. These can be packed in boxes around large objects like electronics and small appliances.

Packing Foam

Foam packing sheets can wrap around larger items like vases and lamp bases. These may be used in conjunction with packing peanuts or other types of cushioning material to provide extra shock absorption in the event of an impact.

Packing Peanuts

Packing peanuts are individual pieces of foam that are placed loosely in boxes around objects to cushion them from an impact. These are the only material on this list that is not deliberately wrapped around or placed inside an item. Rather, large objects are placed into their boxes, then packing peanuts are poured into the boxes around them to fill all unused space. When the object shifts, it shifts into the peanuts that absorb its shock, rather than hitting other objects in the box or the side of the box.

All you Need with Orange Self-Storage

Our Orange storage units are available to anyone who is moving to Orange or experiencing any other type of significant life change. If you arrive at US Storage Centers’ Orange, California facility and find that you left your packing materials at home, don’t fret. Just ask one of our friendly staff members for help and they’ll be glad to get you the packing tape, bubble wrap, or any other packing material you need. In fact, they can help you with anything you need related to self-storage in Orange, such as answering your questions and helping you move things into your storage unit.

US Storage Centers 1460 North Main Street Orange , CA 92867 (714) 252-4610

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