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I ship a lot of canvas, and damage is always a concern. Can anyone suggest a good supplier for foam corners for protecting the artwork? I don't know how much shipping any of you do but I'm sure one of you must have encountered something useful...
 
They do, I've ordered from them in the past. I don't know why I didn't think of them, there's a catalogue beside me on my desk as I type this.

Thanks Gents!
 
I have shipped hundreds of frames using only four cubes of that grey medium densiity foam like is used in camera cases.

Build your box big enough for a 5 or 6 inch cube in each corner. Slit the four cubes on the inside edges 1/2 way from the top/bottom. Stick the corners of the frame into the slits.

This isolates the frame from the box by 2-1/2 to 3 inches in every direction. The foam will act like a shock absorber no matter which direction the box is dropped.

Seal the frame in a big plastic bag to stop any rapid changes in humidity inside the frame. Put 3 or 4 layers of corrugated up aginst the glass and wrap tight with stretch film or saran wrap. This will help keep the glass from moving forward when the box is dropped in that direction. Not much can be done about protecting the glass if the frame is dropped on its back. The foam will absorb the shock.

Glass generally breaks from the edges in a frame - especially in metal frames. It will help a lot if you swipe the edges and break of a bit of the corners of the glass prior to framing. The raw edges (and especially corners) are stress risers and that's where the glass breaks from.

Do not wrap frames in bubble wrap and stuff it in a box. A foot step or other box will press directly on the layers of wrap and put all that pressure right onto the glass.

The ridgid foam corners you are looking for offer no shock asorbtion.
 
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