 How can I safely package my art resin pieces? We actually answered this question in detail in a video from earlier this year. Take a look. Rebecca from Art Resin here today to talk about how to package your art resin art for shipping. So you made some beautiful artwork, you coated it in art resin, and you sold it for a ton of money. Now you need to ship it to your buyer and make sure that it gets there safely and securely. There are some do's and some don'ts that I'm going to share with you. First and foremost, you absolutely must make sure that your work is fully cured. In this case that means 72 hours post a pour. Now while it may seem fully cured after that 24 hour mark, it's good enough to hang on the wall, but it's not good enough to package because you're going to be wrapping it in all of these packaging materials and you just need to make sure that everything is 100% fully cured. So wait 72 hours. If you've actually poured a really thick layer on there, then you'll want to wait even longer than that. The next step you should do is put on some gloves to avoid getting fingerprints all over your artwork. This might seem like an insignificant detail, but trust me it's going to save you some headaches in the long run. Next you want to roll out a blanket so you have a nice soft surface for working on and avoid any scratches on your art resin surface. So now we're ready to get into the packaging materials and we actually recommend that you work in layers with the first layer against the surface of the art resin being a beautiful product called Glacine. It's a paper product. It's really smooth. It's glossy. It's non abrasive. It's acid free and it will not scratch up your nice art resin surface. It's actually something that's used by museums and photographers to make sure that their photos don't stick to one another. It can be a little hard to find. Actually I recommend getting it from U-Wine or Amazon. Those are pretty reliable sources for Glacine. Well Glacine looks a little like tissue paper, but I'll show you the difference. It's really not the same at all. Tissue paper is very cheap feeling. It is a little abrasive when you compare the two and so when you're talking about protecting your beautiful art that you've spent so much time on, don't cheap out. Go with the Glacine. It's smooth. It's acid free and you will be happy with it. Now let's say you can't find Glacine or it's just really too cross prohibitive for you. I have three other options. This is craft paper. This brown stuff. You've probably seen this before. This can do a very nice job protecting the art resin surface. This is butcher paper. Again, a lot cheaper. Not as nice as Glacine, but it will do the trick. And if you're really in a pinch, parchment. But as I said, I really do recommend using Glacine. So that's what we're going to use today. So we're just going to wrap this like a present. You can just use scotch tape for this. It's totally fine. So now the surface is protected and we just need to put some cushioning around this to make sure that it doesn't get bumped around too much when you give it to the shipping carrier. And for that, I have this nice material. This is called poly foam. It comes in different thicknesses. I have a really thin one here. So I'm going to double up, maybe even quadruple up depending on how overprotective I want to be. And again, you just wrap like a present. Now, if for some reason you can't find poly foam, you do need some sort of cushion in there. So make sure that you're wrapping in a drop cloth, some rags, or even just cardboard. Anything to mitigate the bump in the shock of shipping. So voila, this is all set, ready for the box. Now, one thing I do need to make you aware of is bubble wrap. Bubble wrap is a giant no-no for the simple reason that these little bubbles are like a million little fingerprints all over your art. And especially if this is all wrapped around your art and stuck in a shipping truck with weight on top of it, that's really going to make a whole lot of little impressions on your art resin surface that neither you nor your buyer are going to be very happy with. So get rid of this, you now need it. Stick with the foam or the cardboard and you and your buyer are going to be so happy you did. So from here, just use your appropriate size box, slip it in there, put a label on it, breathe a sigh of relief that your piece is properly protected.