Shipping A Marquee

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Wrap the entire marquee in plastic wrap then fold a large piece of cardboard around it and tape it well. Place it in a box...
 
Yup, that's what I've done. As long as you wrap it well with bubble wrap and cardboard then place it in a well padded box so it won't get shaken around, it's not likely to break or crack. But as always, have the person you're selling it to use insurance. Don't risk anything with glass or plexi.
 
I have used the triangular box from USPS for shipping art, etc (the one in the picture). I open it up, wrap the marquee in paper towel, tape it inside the box and close it back up (its remains flat). I cut off the pieces at the ends so that its rectangular and tape it up. I have sent 20-30 marquees this way with no problems... Does that make sense?

This also assumes plexi, not glass.

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Thanks guys !

That triangular box from USPS looks like it works good . Also kstillin's idea of using a flattened box sounds good too .
 
Don't put bubble wrap directly on the back side of a glass marquee. Bubble wrap is inherently sticky and if pressed against the paint and allowed to sit for a while will pull the paint right off. Make sure to cover the marquee first with some clean paper (not newspaper). I use white "butcher" paper. I ordered a roll from u-line about 6-7 years ago, have shipped at least a hundred marquees and side art and still have a couple years of paper left.
 
FWIW, I have yet to have a triangular box like the ones listed above arrive intact at my house.

I think I'm 0-3 over the last few years and the USPS seems to take special delight in crushing them.
 
Cut a piece of 1/4" wood about an inch a bigger than the marquee on all sides, then use stretch wrap to attach marquee to wood then wrap that in bubble. Now go out an buy a box that is at least one inch larger than the piece of wood on all sides, fill with your choice of packing material and tape it up, making sure there is a layer of packing material underneath the marquee, on top, and on all sides. This is the way I ship glass marquees, otherwise you are taking a shot in the dark as to whether it will hold up.
 
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Cut a piece of 1/4" wood about an inch a bigger than the marquee on all sides, then use stretch wrap to attach marquee to wood then wrap that in bubble. Now go out an buy a box that is at least one inch larger than the piece of wood on all sides, fill with your choice of packing material and tape it up, making sure there is a layer of packing material underneath the marquee, on top, and on all sides. This is the way I ship glass marquees, otherwise you are taking a shot in the dark as to whether it will hold up.

I do something similar but I use the styrofoam insulation board because it absorbs shock better and it is lighter and cheaper to ship.
 
Good call, I have actual been using some sort of foam board recently too. One other thing to note is that whatever you use as a backer for the marquee, it is a good idea to cut slits in it where the edges of the marquee would be when centered so that you can run tape, string, etc through to make sure the marquee doesn't end up at the edge and in the line of fire.
 
FWIW, I have yet to have a triangular box like the ones listed above arrive intact at my house.

I think I'm 0-3 over the last few years and the USPS seems to take special delight in crushing them.

Were the ones that broke in the USPS box plexi ?
 
Were the ones that broke in the USPS box plexi ?

They actually weren't marquees; it was rolled sideart and other things. But they all arrived with the box torn up. Hard to believe the USPS would produce a box like that and then methodically crush them in transit. :)

The only marquees I've had successfully shipped to me were in the *thick* circular rolls (translite marquees). Ditto for the sideart.
 
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They actually weren't marquees; it was rolled sideart and other things. But they all arrived with the box torn up. Hard to believe the USPS would produce a box like that and then methodically crush them in transit. :)

Ha ! Those Bastards .
 
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