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Stretch
wrap is a thin, stretchy plastic film resembling saran wrap®.
Stretch wrap is used to hold things together. You wrap the
film round and round a bundle, maintaining tension by stretching the
film about 15 -- 30%.
Stretch wrap has no adhesive. It leaves no residue when it is removed.
PRICES: 18" X 1500': $19.95
12" X 1500': $14.95
5" X 1000': $ 5.20
20" X 1000: $17.95
We also offer discounts for case-size purchases. |
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At
left, we show a roll of stretch wrap and a stack of boxes bundled up
with stretch wrap. We use stretch wrap to bundle our flat boxes
into stacks which can then be carried in a pickup truck without blowing
away. Packing tape would do the same job, but it couldn't be
removed without doing damage to the boxes. String would do the
job, but it would cut into the boxes. |
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| You
can use stretch wrap to secure all sorts of loose items. Bundle up
scrap lumber from your shop or stacks of magazines so you can move them
easily. You can use it to secure power cords or attachments to
appliances you need to pack. (Most of our customers love this
stuff once they see what it can do.) A major use of stretchwrap is to
hold together piles of boxes on a pallet. (You sometimes see such
pallets sitting around a supermarket.) |
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Movers
frequently recommend customers stretch wrap light colored couches and
chairs to keep them from being soiled by dirty hands.
We have used stretch wrap to hold paper moving pads in place around
furniture. Stretch wrap, pulled tight over paper pads, produces a more
rugged protective coating.
Movers sometimes use stretch wrap to secure drawers or doors in
furniture. We don't recommend allowing stretch wrap to remain in
contact with wood surfaces. Moisture (from the wood) can become trapped
between the wood and the stretch wrap. |
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Stretch
wrap can be used to hold in place wraps of bubble pack, movers wrap,
paper pads -- all sorts of wraps put around fragile items. A double or
triple wrapping of bubble topped by a coating of stretchwrap produces
an amazing soft, leathery coating.
After
wrapping something in stretch wrap, it is necessary to secure the loose
end of the wrap with a piece of packing tape.
Stretch is extremely notch sensitive i.e. little nicks or holes will
make the whole sheet tear easily. Don't abuse the unused roll by
letting it roll around with sharp items. Don't pull stretch wrap tight
over sharp corners. If you have to cover a sharp corner, wrap a layer
or two of stretch wrap over the corner at low tension. Then wrap at the
correct tension. This usually works.
Do not confuse stretch wrap with shrink wrap. Shrink wrap is a material
which shrinks when it is heated by a hot air gun. Shrink wrap yields a
bright, professional looking commercial bubble pack. |
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| Technical Stuff |
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Thickness
of stretchwrap is usually described by a "gauge" number. The
gauge is the thickness in 1/100,000's of an inch. So, 80 gauge
stretch wrap is 0.80 thousandths of an inch thick. (Notice that
80 gauge sounds much thicker than 0.80 thousands of an inch.)
Not only is thicker stretchwrap stronger, it's easier to apply.
It's usually a good idea to purchase at least 80 or 90 gauge material.
The 100+ gauges work even better but they are usually priced
unreasonably high. Don't buy the 60 gauge stuff. It's
annoying to use and it takes a lot of extra wraps to get the job done.
Some stretch wrap thicknesses are stated in microns -- an obsolete
metric dimension. There are 25,400 microns in an inch.
So, 80 gauge stretch wrap would be about 20.3 microns. We see
manufacturers trying to offer 16 micron gauge stretch wrap at about the
same price as 80 gauge stretch wrap. |