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Re: [ATM] Advice for shipping a 16" mirror

Here's a page I made on crate-making.
I agree 100% on the pink foam - it's indestructible stuff.
    http://astrocaver.com/mirror_crate.html#

Make more crate than you think you need. If the mirror is any good, 
you'll be needing a crate again in a few years for a fresh coating.

      Bill Prewitt




David Bevel wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> 
> I use the peanuts and tissue(Charmin) but I also use 2 inch thick Dow 
> Styrofoam
> insulation (pink stuff at Home Depot)and cut out a large round section
> in which I cut a hole the size of the mirror.
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