{"id":422,"date":"2021-08-24T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/?p=422"},"modified":"2025-12-16T17:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:43:58","slug":"4-tips-for-moving-with-mirrors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/4-tips-for-moving-with-mirrors\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Tips for Moving with Mirrors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tape X On Glass<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Using packing tape, tape a large x shape on the glass so that if the mirror breaks in transport, it won\u2019t shatter and make a big mess. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mirror Box<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Having a properly sized and well constructed box is the foundation of packing a mirror. Try for a thick cardboard box that is a little bigger than your mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Padding Your Mirror<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You can use bubble wrap or packing paper to cushion your framed or frameless mirror. Make sure to use lots of packing tape to keep the padding from slipping off during transport. Tape up all the sides and around the mirror fully. For extra protection, add more packing paper to the edges of the mirror and tape in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Securing the Box<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Once your mirror is well wrapped and taped up, you can place it into the box. If you\u2019re packing a round mirror and there are large gaps in your box, fill up the space with more packing paper, newspaper or bubble wrap. This will keep the round mirror from moving around during the move (and minimize chances of a break). Finally make sure to tape up your box well, reinforcing the bottom with extra packing tape. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tape X On Glass Using packing tape, tape a large x shape on the glass so that if the mirror breaks in transport, it won\u2019t shatter and make a big mess. Mirror Box Having a properly sized and well constructed box is the foundation of packing a mirror. Try for a thick cardboard box that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[49,78,9,104,79,40,41,82,15,3,153,155,154,156],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirrorize.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}