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copper.boom · ‎06-30-2017

I'm taking a poll on the forever-asked question:

Do you use bubble wrap with the bubbles facing in or bubbles facing out?

I know what the consensus tends to be in this discussion, but since I received 6 packages this week, 3 with bubbles in and 3 with bubbles out I thought I would take a poll to see what y'all are doing. Are you an innie or an outie?

copper.boom · ‎06-30-2017

Static Guard brand has a fragrance, I think. But I make my own fragrance-free anti static spray and it only takes a couple of minutes to mix it up. You can google it as I'm sure there are plenty of DIYs out there.

yuzuha · ‎07-01-2017

@gracieallen01 wrote:
For those who ship things like porcelain figurines, or fragile things, one might want to keep in mind that bubbles expand in the non-pressurized cargo compartments on airplanes.

So, if there are arms, legs, fingers, flowers, etc., one might want to keep the bubbles 'out' and make sure that there is padding to support fragile areas from the expansion of the bubbles.

This is exactly why I never wrap bubble wrap tightly. I always wrap it loosely enough around the item that it has some "give" to it-- that also helps keep it from transferring the force of any impact directly to the object inside.