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Old 1st Dec 2017, 2:48 am   #37
Boater Sam
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Default Re: Care of Rare Valves

If care would include shipping then careful packing is vital. I send small valves in polystyrene packing in cardboard boxes with stiff card insets to prevent crushing.
The larger ones I send in tin cans, a worthwhile recycling use, with bubble pack wrapping,and a cardboard box to stick the labels onto.
Modern tins are so thin that they hardly add to the weight at all.
I try to avoid the postal service, its expensive and I have had losses before. I find carriers such as Hermes, UPS, to be very reliable and careful if the item is well labeled as fragile. But they would probably not pay out on the insurance for valves, they exclude glass items.
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