Special care must be taken with very small items (such as a teapot lid), so as not to lose them in the packing materials. Taping over (use brightly colored tape, if available) their paper wrapping and marking it is a good packing technique to highlight a very small item as not being merely a bunched up piece of paper. Also, one could tape several of those small packets together into one bigger, heavier package that won’t get lost in the wrappings.
Each drinking glass or glass object should be individually wrapped in 1 or 2 sheets of newspaper or packing paper (which is newspaper without the print). Don’t chintz on how much paper to use by trying to wrap things together in one sheet because these things could bump around together
and get broken when they’re being carried in the box.
Glassware and china should be wrapped with enough paper so as not to clatter within the box. Just roll one sheet of paper over each one of these two glass items and tape seal the paper to stay wrapped.
For long-stemmed glasses/crystal, more elaborate packing is required so as not to have damage to the stem or to the glass. So, first twist up a sheet of paper as shown below.
Then wrap it around the stem while continuing to twist it.
The objective is to protect the stem and enlarge it with the twisted paper
so that in effect the stem becomes the same diameter as the glass and the base of the glass as shown in the right-side picture below.
Now that the stem is protected and its size has been built up, wrap it with a couple of more sheets of paper.
Now tape it to stay wrapped up and box it.
This is pretty much how each glass was wrapped in the box pictured below. Such packing prevents clanking and cracking the glasses off of one another. Before this box will be sealed, more crushed paper or bubble wrap will be stuffed into each side and placed on top for additional protection.
Above is a picture of properly packed glassware filling a medium box.
You can also wrap glassware in bubble wrap.
Wrap small things such as silverware in bundles. Don’t leave them loose in the box and don’t put them in a box with fragile items.
Use plenty of paper to line the top, bottom
To waterproof any box just wrap the whole box in a couple of layers of plastic wrap.
A glass is like an egg. It has a strong and a weak position. Squeeze the side of an egg and it easily breaks but squeeze it top and bottom and it can withstand great pressure. Think of these kinds off things as if they are delicate eggs and pack them in a similar manner as eggs in an egg crate. Egg crates take advantage of the eggs strong vertical position so do the same with your glasses and cups. Did you realize that flimsy cardboard egg crates full of delicate eggs can be stacked up 5′ to 6′ high without breaking a single egg. The same can happen with your fragiles if they’re packed properly. So pack glasses and cups in boxes in an upright or upside down position as shown above, just as eggs are packed in their cartons.
All that has to be done to this box now is to put some more bunched up paper or some pieces of cardboard (for extra protection) on top and stuffed into its sides, just as has already been done but is unseen on this box’s bottom shown in the picture below.
Then close the box and seal it with 3 strips of tape from the middle of one side, over the top and down to the middle of the other side. Label it fragile and mark the box’s contents on it with the writing facing up to help indicate which side is up.
With some careful handling, if they’re packed in a box like this, should then deliver all of your cups and glassware intact into your new residence.
In fact, packing glasses for moving is one of the packing projects you should be most careful about due to the fragile nature of the glassware you intend to move. If you’re not sure how to pack glassware safely, hire professional packers with years of experience in the field.
