How to Pack Soft Goods and Bedding?
When it comes to a house moving, people mostly pay their attention to very expensive, fragile, bulky, electronic and large items. Of course, it is normal to focus on things that require a lot of care in order to stay undamaged. There is no doubt why these items have to be in the top priority. However, because of being so busy with the worries of those items people easily forget about the other not less important things. It is about packing towels, blankets, sheets, pillows, and bedding as well. And it is of a great importance to know how to pack soft goods and bedding properly.
So, how to pack soft goods and bending? Here you can find the needed information. Furthermore, you will face such points as: “What supplies do you need?” and “Why are these supplies needed?”. Continue to read if you want to receive answers.
Packing Supplies
Every kind of items needs some stuff to be packed in. Packing materials and boxes are necessary if you do not want your items to be damaged, scratched and broken. When you pack soft goods, you need 6 kinds of packing supplies. These are:
- Medium cardboard boxes. They will serve you as containers for storage any type of items. Such boxes will suit best for packing pillows, blankets, comforters, towels, and sheets.
- Large cardboard boxes. These boxes will be great for moving linens, clothes, curtains in a wrinkle-free way. It means that the stuff, you need to remove without wrinkles, will be hung on a hanger.
- Plastic/garbage bags. As you probably know, soft goods are susceptible to holding moisture in. It can lead to appearing of fungus. Furthermore, wet causes mold and mildew. That’s why plastic and garbage bags serve as a perfect protection from getting soft goods soiled and wet.
- Packing paper. This layer is good for dust and dirt protection. Packing paper is a perfect solution to keep your valuables and hands clean.
- Packing tape. A packing tape is strong enough for creating a seal in just one layer. This way of packing soft goods will be needed for you to fasten the boxes with the help of a packing tape.
- It does not matter what colors it will be. Choose what you like the most. You need a marker for labeling your boxes. So, there is only one demand: it should be visible on the boxes.
Each of these types of packing supplies is necessary for successful wrapping. They will help you to remove your soft goods in the best way. Moreover, packing process will take not much time, if you take advantage of these supplies.
Soft Goods Packing
So, when you are aware of the much- needed packing supplies, it is the right time to uncover the secrets of the soft goods package.
How to Pack Pillows?
How to store and pack pillows? Here are two ways. The first way of a package is:
- Clean the whole dust out of your pillows in advance;
- Choose plastic or garbage bags for your pillows. Make sure they are clean. Put your pillows in;
- Take the trapped air out of both the bags and the pillows. This proven trick will save much space (extra room is at high priority during soft goods moving);
- Put them in the boxes;
- Secure the boxes with a packing tape;
- Label the boxes.
How to Pack Blankets?
Blankets can be used as a good packing material for other belongings. If you do need some more protection for your fragile items, you should set them aside.
If you want to pack your blankets in a proper way and avoid any risks of damaging, you should follow this instruction.
- Fold and place your blankets into the plastic bags;
- Take the trapped air out of the blankets;
- Place the blankets into the boxes;
- Secure the boxes with a packing tape;
- Label the boxes.
How to Pack Towels?
If it is about huge towels, you may use them the same way as the blankets. Large towels may be a great protection material for your belongings.
If you need to pack your towels, you should:
- Fold the towels of the same size in one pile. The towels of another size put to the other pile;
- Fold the towels in a symmetrical way;
- Put the piles into the plastic bags;
- And then place them into the appropriate boxes;
- Secure the boxes with a packing tape;
- Label the boxes.
Packing of small-sized towels:
- Fold them;
- Place them in the bags;
- And then into the boxes;
- Secure the boxes with a packing tape;
- Label the boxes.
How to Pack Sheets and Beddings?
Linens packing:
- Fold your linens into the same-sized piles;
- Put them into the plastic bags;
- Then put them into the boxes (put packing paper into these boxes in advance);
- Secure the boxes with a packing tape;
- Label the boxes.
Mattress packing:
- Clear your mattress beforehand;
- Cover the mattress with special mattress cartons;
- Use your blankets and towels as protective coverings for the mattress.
How to Pack Draperies and Curtains?
There are two ways to pack your draperies and curtains. The first one is the wrinkle-free way. It includes such points as:
- Use clothing wardrobes for draperies and curtains moving;
- Fold the curtains and draperies lengthwise, place them over a hanger and securely pin them;
- Do not put too many curtains in the same hanger in order to avoid wrinkles.
The next way:
- Fold your curtains in a symmetrical way;
- Put them into the plastic bags;
- Place plastic bags into the boxes;
- Secure the boxes with a packing tape;
- Label the boxes.
How to Pack Rugs?
- Clean your rug beforehand (vacuum cleaning is necessary to remove any dust or food that may be hiding in the carpet);
- Roll your carpet up;
- Tie the rug up;
- Wrap it up. Use a few sheets of Kraft or hard brown paper. Don’t use plastic to wrap your carpet.
Summary
It is very important to pack soft goods properly. This is not less important than packaging very expensive, fragile, bulky, electronic and large items. Also, you need the proper packing supplies, such as medium and large cardboard boxes, plastic/ garbage bags, markers, packing tapes, and paper. These supplies will help you to pack any type of soft goods. It does not matter whether it is a pillow or a rug, you will pack them is the right way with the help of our instruction.
