OT: secure packaging question: OT

RRP

I'm shipping a fire box that is already in 2 pieces, but good anyway. While I THINK I have it packed quite well to prevent breakage I got to thinking about how I might REALLY make it secure. Surely others here have received packages where the items have been covered with a plastic wrap (black plastic I think) and then some of that common expanding foam has been shot in to fill the voids. Then due to the plastic protecting the contents the package will become one solid piece within the hard cardboard box. Hopefully the USPO gorillas won't be able to further break the contents. My question then is will just a common black plastic trash bag work to protect the contents or will that expanding foam eat thru the black bag? OR should I just finish filling the box with those %&@$* foam peanuts? BTW this is not a sale - just a favor for a fellow egger.

johnnyp

The key is snugness to the overpack box. Make sure it can't move.  A simple bubble wrap is sufficient to the firebox itself, but a styrofoam shell that prevents it from moving is key 

TN_Egger

insure it for, oh, about the price of a new firebox. 

RRP

johnnyp said:

The key is snugness to the overpack box. Make sure it can't move.  A simple bubble wrap is sufficient to the firebox itself, but a styrofoam shell that prevents it from moving is key 

Thanks - I have it packed tightly using pieces of stryofoam, but my next step is to back fill the rest of the box.

westernbbq

RRP is the best.  I did check and i DO have the gaskets for my L, XL and minimax that i got from you about a year ago,  looking to install all three next weekend.  

EGG ON!

nolaegghead

I would recommend encapsulating the entire box and contents in Epoxy.  The army used to do that with PDP11s and it worked.