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Old 08-30-2004, 10:19 AM   #9
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Sorry to throw cold water on something your husband must be proud of, but I don't think this crate has nearly enough cushioning to ship a painting in. When I shipped paintings often in the past there was about two inches of foam all around the painting. It looks like the foam here is only about a quarter inch thick and that there's only maybe a half inch sheet of plywood beyond that.

The idea is to have something so strong and so cushioning that when the baggage handlers throw it out of the cargo hold onto the sharp corner of another box on the ground, the painting will still survive.
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