Soft Touch Moving & Storage
Packing Tips

If you choose to do your own packing, here are some handy tips to help you pack efficiently and prevent damage.

• Use a heavy cardboard box.  We provide boxes at no additional cost to you.
  

• It is better to use less boxes for breakables and pack more in them than to put one or two breakables in many boxes. 
  
• Use lots of packing paper and pad the top and bottom of the box well.
  
• Wrap individual pieces in packing paper.  (We do not recommend using newspaper.)
  
• Use a "layering" method and separate layers periodically with thick packing paper.
  
• Fill the entire box before starting another box of dishes.
  
• Make sure items in the box are secure and cannot move.
  
• Fill each box completely.

• Use a standard picture box and cover the sides with packing paper.
  

• Place packing paper along the sides and edges of the pictures to prevent it from moving inside the box.
  
• Place no more than 2 pictures per picture box.
  
• Keep the box right side up at all times.

• Use small book boxes.  The industry standard is 18" x 12" x 12".
  

• Reinforce the bottom of the box.
  
• Do not pack them so heavy that the cardboard tears or bends.

• Use wardrobe boxes for hanging clothes, or let us rod strap transfer them.  Wardrobe boxes are not necessary if the clothes are being moved into storage.
  

• Put shoes or bedding in the bottom of wardrobe boxes.
  
• Use linen boxes for all other clothes.

• Pack TV's, stereo components, computers, microwaves, etc. in their original boxes, or we will wrap them in heavy moving pads.
  

• Label all of the boxes "FRAGILE" if appliable.