Hi! I know the Aanraku (they have a web site) ships a LOT of panels and they are Very friendly and helpful, if no one here pipes up you could try them. Jane

Thanks Jane -- I'll check our Aanraku, they have some really neat stuff in the magazines and such. The only piece I ever shipped was about 18" wide and 10" high, and I took it to the UPS Store and had them do the boxing and marking. It arrived without a problem but I don't think they'd be willing to do a whole window panel!

I'm still exploring this set of forums and I clicked on your "My Page" -- found the Garden Junk forum and I'm hooked. Thanks for the link!

- SteveR (St Louis MO)

The only thing I shipped cross-country - picture in link below - was packed by my local packing/shipping outfit - "The Shipping Post" - and they charged me $60 to pack/ship it. I could have done it myself, but was too lazy to gather the materials. It arrived well.

I do alot of shipping .... the secret to shipping a panel is to wrap it up tightly sandwiched between sturdy cardboard or foam board . Wrap it TIGHT ---- make it as stiff as possible. Then put that in a box - surround it snugly with bubble wrap. Make sure the panel is protected on all sides with the bibbles. Oh - and make sure the box has plenty of "crush" room - incase it gets crushed - the panel inside is far from the edges. It really works !

My DH works for the biggest shipping company in the world.

You got good advice here, but the one piece that hasn't fallen into place is INSURANCE.

It's my understanding that insuring the shipping of a piece of original art is next to impossible. Mainly because shipping original works of art is restricted or prohibited by both the "big" shipping companies. Of course you can lie and ship it anyway, but when it comes time to compensate you or the buyer for the loss (and there WILL be a loss somewhere, sometime, some day) you will be out of luck - as will your buyer.

Just something to think about as you contemplate your shipping options.

Very good info all around here -- thanks everybody! I've posted on forums where there's a lot of negativity or where newcomers are ignored -- not here! Very refreshing!

Yep Stever. I know what you mean. This is the BEST forum.
Come in and sit a spell. Tell us all your secrets and post PICTURES!!

Susan

I've shipped by using two strong pieces of cardboard and then strapping tape around that and putting it in a bigger box with lots of peanuts or chucks of Styrofoam. I use to get glass from D&L stained glass and they sent if layered in sheets of styrofoam. Had very good luck with that. Sally

I am an old member that sometimes reads here. I have a TON of glass left from when I had a store and may get into mosaics.

Shipping...when I ordered glass it was sent to me with thin sheets of foam between the sheets of glass. This was tightly wrapped in small size bubble wrap and placed in a box they made to tightly fit the wrapped contents. The box was easily made of 1X4 board edges with 1/4 inch plywood nailed to the top and bottom. It was heavy and costly to mail (UPS around $25 in 1990) but I never got a broken piece of glass. The box was then great for "trays" to keep projects and such in.

tibbar -- that's interesting, I've only ever seen the big boxes that come to the stores with about a hundred pounds of glass sheets, sitting vertically. I wonder if I could use scrap wood from pallets nailed side-by-side instead of plywood...? "Real" wood has gotten so expensive these days, but pallets seem to be stacked up behind every building in an industrial court, so I may do some experimenting. Thanks!

- SteveR
St Louis