Bubble Wrap

[cudaken]

 
Where is the places to buy bubble wrap? I looking for some that is 14 to 16 inch wide and as long as I can get it.

I am packing up the HO Train gear so I can get the 68 Road Runner in from the cold. So far I have only wrapped 96 train cars and still have around 200 to go. I have been buying it from a local U Haul and have used 4 rolls at $5.00 for each roll. Then I have around 40 engines, about 20 do not have factory boxes. Plus some 80 HO buildings.

At this rate I going to go broke buying bubble wrap! 

Cuda Ken

[stripedelete]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/cheap-BUBBLE-WRAP-rolls-600-ft-3-16-small-BUBBLE-WRAP-24-inch-wide-1-roll-/111208359056?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e488e490

[Ghoste]

UPS store.

[A383Wing]

Staples, Office Depot, UPS

[oldcarnut]

I get a lot of mine from a parts receiving place.  May not be rolls of it but it's free and they'd be throwing it away anyway.  If there is a place nearby that sells glassware they might have some to give ya if you ask them nicely if they don't like to have it laying around.

[stripedelete]

Just searched my local cragslist.  It was anywhere from cheap to free.

You probably know, but, buying from a shipping store will be even more expensive than Uhaul.
I just posted one, however, there were many inexpensive options on ebay.   

[oldcarnut]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/cheap-BUBBLE-WRAP-rolls-600-ft-3-16-small-BUBBLE-WRAP-24-inch-wide-1-roll-/111208359056?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e488e490

I wonder what you pack and wrap bubble wrap in to make sure it's not damaged in shipping  ?

[JB400]

Wal Mart stocks it.  It's the Duck tape brand.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/cheap-BUBBLE-WRAP-rolls-600-ft-3-16-small-BUBBLE-WRAP-24-inch-wide-1-roll-/111208359056?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e488e490

I wonder what you pack and wrap bubble wrap in to make sure it's not damaged in shipping  ?

Packing peanuts 

[Drache]

Walmart

[cudaken]

Thanks folks, seem you have the same ideas as me. Well did not think of E Bay. For some reason I have problems with Walmart site, cannot get it to show in store only have the time.

Cuda Ken

[Aero426]

Order it from ULine.    It is UPS-able with no oversize fees.    Item S-2501, $25 for a 12" x 300 foot roll.   It is 3/16 and will work well on your trains.  

http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-2501P/Bubble-Rolls/3-16-Perforated-UPSable-Bubble-Wrap-Roll-12-x-300

When you order from ULine, you will get it rocket fast.   If you can deliver to a business address, it will save a little on shipping too.    My last roll was about $10 to $12 to ship.

[polywideblock]

the big places the sell bulk  party supples , you know paper /plastic plates cups and that sort of stuff

[Baldwinvette77]

If you were to ship a box full of bubble wrap, would you still need to surround it in paper, packing peanuts or bubble wrap? 

[Aero426]

If you were to ship a box full of bubble wrap, would you still need to surround it in paper, packing peanuts or bubble wrap? 

They just ship it in a roll shrink wrapped in plastic.

[Old Moparz]

Home Depot & Lowes also sell bubble wrap.

If you don't mind scavenging, one place I've gotten large boxes with packing materials I've needed occasionally has been the places that rent TV's & furniture.

[Aero426]

Home Depot, 250' x 12" for $30 is not a bad deal.   No shipping.