PACKED TO TRAVEL II

STEP ONE; STARTING WITH A PIECE OF BUBBLE WRAP BIG ENOUGH TO COVER THE POT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND ENTIRELY AROUND THE POT. IF POSSIBLE, DUE TO EXTRA ROOM IN THE WOOD BOX, 2 SHEETS OF BUBBLE WRAP CAN BE USED TO PROTECT THE POT

 

STEP TWO; BEFORE WRAPPING THE POT IN THE SHEET OF BUBBLE WRAP, USE A FOLDED STRIP OF BUBBLE WRAP TO GO AROUND THE CENTER OF THE POT. THE CENTER OF THE POT IS THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE WOOD BOX AND THIS ADDS AN EXTRA SECURITY LAYER TO THIS WIDEST PART OF THE POT. LIKEWISE, THE FRAGILE NECK/ MOUTH OF A POT CAN ALSO RECEIVE THE SAME TREATMENT.

 

STEP THREE; WRAP THE STRIP OF BUBBLE WRAP AROUND THE POT FOLLOWED BY THE SHEET TO ENTIRELY SURROUND THE POT. USE TAPE TO SECURE THE BUBBLE WRAP IF NEEDED

 

STEP FOUR;  CUT TWO LONG STRIPS OF BUBBLE WRAP AND PLACE ONE FROM NOTH TO SOUTH AND THE OTHER FROM EAST TO WEST OVER THE OPENING OF THE BOX. BY USING THE STRIPS OF BUBBLE WRAP AS SHOWN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PREVIOUSLY WRAPPED POT, THERE IS NOW A MINIMUM OF TWO LAYERS OF BUBBLE WRAP AROUND THE POT WITH THREE LAYERS AT THE EXTRA STRIP USED AROUND THE CENTER OF THE POT

 

STEP FIVE; TAKING THE POT WHICH IS WRAPPED IN BUBBLE WRAP, PUSH THE POT INTO THE BOX AND PUSH SLOWLY AND EVENLY, DEPRESSING THE CROSSED STRIPS OF BUBBLEWRAP WHICH WERE OVER THE BOX OPENING

 

STEP SIX; FOLD THE SHEETS OF BUBBLE WRAP OVER THE TOP OF THE POT, THIS CREATES 4 LAYERS OF BUBBLE WRAP OVER THE TOP OF THE POT FOR EXCELLENT PROTECTION

 

STEP SEVEN; TAKING FOUR ROLLED UP SHEETS OF BUBBLE WRAP, PUSH THEM INTO EACH CORNER, ONCE COMPLETED, THIS WILL HOLD THE POT INTO THE CENTER OF THE WOOD BOX AND HELP PREVENT ANY MOVEMENT OF THE POT AGAINST THE WOOD BOX DURING TRANSIT

 

STEP EIGHT; CONTINUE PUSHING THE FOUR ROLLED UP SHEETS OF BUBBLE WRAP INTO EACH CORNER UNTIL THEY FIT TIGHT AND THE POT IS SECURED WITHIN THE BOX

 

STEP NINE; TAKING TWO SHEETS OF BUBBLE WRAP, ROLL EACH INTO A LONG ROLL AND BENDING EACH INTO AN "L" PUSH THE BUBBLE WRAP "L" INTO THE OPEN SPACE AROUND THE NECK OF THE POT

 

STEP TEN; CONTINUE PUSHING THE BUBBLE WRAP "L" AROUND THE OPEN SPACE AROUND THE NECK OF THE POT SO THAT YOU HAVE FILLED THE EMPTY SPACE AROUND THE NECK AND MOUTH OF THE POT AND THE POT CAN NOT MOVE

 

STEP ELEVEN; ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BUBBLE WRAP "L" AROUND THE OPEN SPACE AROUND THE NECK OF THE POT

 

STEP TWELVE; TAKING A SHEET OF BUBBLE WRAP, FOLD IT AND PLACE IT ON TO OF THE POT TO PROTECT THE POT FROM CONTACTING THE TOP OF THE WOOD BOX,THIS WILL ALSO FILL ANY EXISTING SPACE LEFT IN THE BOX. FOLD THE PAPER OVER THE TOP OF THE BUBBLE WRAP AND PLACE ON THE LID AND PROCEED TO TIE THE BOX SHUT.

 

THE FINISHED PACKAGING.  A GENTLE SHAKE CONFIRMS THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO MOVEMENT WITHIN THE BOX AND THE ENTIRE PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH TOOK LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. THE WOOD BOX IS NOW READY TO BE BUBBLE WRAPPED AND PLACED IN A BOX WITH EITHER STYROFOAM PEANUTS OF TIGHTLY PACKED NEWSPAPER AND ALSO SECURED SO THAT THE BUBBLE WRAPPED WOOD BOX CAN NOT MOVE WITHIN THE CARDBOARD SHIPPING BOX.

IF THE POT HAS  A LID, I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST PACKING THE BODY OF THE POT AS SHOWN AND PACKING THE LID IN BUBBLE WRAP AND PUTTING IT IN A SEPERATE SMALL BOX TO BE PACKED INTO THE LARGER CARDBOARD BOX FOR FINAL SHIPPING. THIS PREVENTS THE LID FROM "BANGING" AGAINST THE POT DURING SHIPPING AND DAMAGING THE CONTENTS. I CREATED THIS TUTORIAL AT THE REQUEST OF SEVERAL COLLECTORS AND A DEALER IN JAPAN, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO PACK BUT OVER THE YEARS IT HAS PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR ME AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL DO THE SAME IF YOU DECIDE TO USE IT. HAPPY PACKING!