Kraft paper, It comes in different lenght rolls. You will want to but it locally as a roll is very heavy. Most paper houses will quote length by width and pounds. The pounds rating is not the weight of the roll, it is the thickness of the paper. In other words the paper on a 50# roll is thicker than the paper on a 40# roll. Other people use plastic tubeing but this can be a problem if the rug is not completely dry, as some customers don't open the wrap immediately.
We wrap in Kraft only for short term wrapping, because it tears easily and is not water resistant. So if we need to wrap for delivery, we will use it - or wrap in burlap cloth (which we bring back). Long term wrapping - Tyvek is the best choice - water resistant, tear resistant. We order ours at Material Concepts. Here's a post on storage and wrapping rugs. Click here => Rugs In Storage Lisa
I have never been all that good at wrapping presents let alone a rug :/ Are there any guild lines or tips to make it easer or smoother?
I used to have this stuff called exstensible (sp) paper - it had "give" in it so that when you picked up a large rug it would not rip. Craft paper seems to tear too easily. I stopped wrapping all together but some custys have made comments about it (mostly my wholesale places). Wish I could find the old paper. Another large place I know of wraps in plastic but that REALLY makes me nervous as the whole trapped moisture issue could be a problem. Tyvek way too expensive so I only use it was long term storage and charge for it.
At one high-end Oriental Rug store where I worked we would roll or bale rugs. When the customer would pick up the rug we would open it for inspection. Then we would roll or bale depending on size and put it in their vehicle. Any wrapping was only for a rug to be shipped. Our clientele included the rich and famous of the DC metro area. No one ever complained. Personally I did the same and used Tyvek for shipping. I find the easiest way to rap a rug is to bale it as tightly as possible then tie with cords. We used polyester twine with a loop at one end so that we could tie a very secure slip knot that our customers could open easily. Once baled then wrap with a piece long and wide enough to cover the rug with room to fold over at the ends. We secured with two inch tape on a gun applier. Best wishes, Barry http://www.SpongoBongo.com
We use plastic tube. We've never had a problem as we tell the customer to unwrap and inspect when they get it to its destination.
Do you have a pic of the tubes? I'm curious what your using exactly. I'm tired of craft paper. And tyvek looks funky, I like the idea of burlap and then twine. After all we call it Old World Rug Spa.
Actually the plastic tube we use comes on a roll. http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23457&catid=703
I have a different idea by most respects, I was thinking of trying something like that but rolling the rug up on a carpet cutting machine we have rolling it with it. Idk if that makes sense.
We use 22" 1 mil plastic tubing available from most dry cleaner suppliesr. When we get it we perforate it on the roll with a 1/2 inch drill so there is no probs with moisture getting trapped inside. One thing that you can do is ask ALL you clients if they need any rugs wrapped for long term storage. If they do, then snap a picture of the rug, roll in the TYVEK and put a plastic sleeve on the outside of the rug with the pic and size etc of the rug on it. This can be a wonderful profit service for you. We charge .35 per square foot of the rug, not the TYVEK and have never had someone balk at the price. I suspect we could put the price up. Benifits of the TYVEK. Keeps the bugs out, keeps moisture off and allows the rug to breath.
I almost forgot. Best thint you gog about wrapping in TYVEK is that it makes you $$$,, but you have to make sure you systemize asking all your clients if they want the rugs wrapped for storage!
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