It is usually very stressful to transfer a photography studio, especially if it has highly valuable and delicate equipment. That’s a lot of lights, backdrops, reflector, stands, cameras, lenses, computers, printers, props and many others which must reach you safely to your new location. This is where pallet stretch film can make the whole process easier and can also help in avoiding damages.
What is Pallet Stretch Film?
Box evenly pallet stretch film also known as stretch wrap is an extruded plastic film that is stretch ability and adhesive. Pallet straps are most widely employed for fixing goods to pallets in the course of transportation and warehousing. The clear plastic film can be stretch-wrapped around goods and pulled tight in order to secure and contain everything in one package. This fixes the products and offers a water-proofing quality unto the product.
Advantages of Protecting Studio Equipments
There are several key reasons why using pallet stretch film is ideal for protecting photography equipment during a studio move:
- Custom Fit – It is very tight and goes round different sizes and shapes. The article represents the possibility to cover the separate pieces or the whole sets.
- Facing & Insulation –The layers of cling films serve as cushion to prevent harsh contact between gears.
- Waterproof Barrier – It protects its contents in the event that sometime during the move, it rains or the object is exposed to any kind of moisture.
- Dust & Dirt Protection – Prevents likely studio equipment from getting contaminated by dust, dirt and other particles during loading, transportation and offloading.
- Security – Wrapping items with multiple layers of ultra-thin cling film forces piles of items together: it discourages theft.
- Stackable – You are able to wrap those pieces into movables that hold their shape well, and are relatively easily transportable.
- Visual Examination – Unlike the boxes you are able to observe the contents since it is covered by a transparent film.
Easy Preparation Tips
Here are some tips for using pallet stretch film to simply and effectively prepare photography studio equipment for relocation:
- Separate equipments by kind or by event type such as stands with umbrellas backdrops cables etc and pack them in one kit. This makes unloading simpler.
- Additional protection and cushioning require additional wrapping for each lamp, stands, and light modifiers before attaching them together.
- Put down a plastic drop cloth layer first when the wrapping of background stands so that you also have a moisture barrier layer beneath as well.
- Sticker other labels such as ‘fragile’, ‘this way up’ and ‘do not stack’ to the film so that movers will note while moving.
- Wider stretch film, for example, should be used for irregular shapes in lamps, and light modifiers to encompass the equipment tight.
- Use wrap film around top edges of cases that fits on rolling equipment for photography equipment to join objects in order to prevent moving around.
- Support pillars of stretch wrap around large soft box lights and seamless backdrops for the bases stability.
- Put studio gear in wheeled carts and use stretch film and place them into a single unit that won’t move on its own.
Loading & Transporting Tips
When preparing to load wrapped studio equipment and move materials, keep these loading and logistics tips in mind:
It should also be noted that in order to avoid the overturning of the moving truck the weight is to be loaded from side to side and front to rear.
Cautiously position fragile items stretch wrapped such as lamps, lenses and cameras on layers above rather than below massively weighted items such as printers or heating devices.
- Make piles of stretch wrapped groups compact and orderly so don’t get knocked over while moving during shifting.
- Keep wheeled kits, carts, and large items in place to vehicles walls to avoid turning and rolling to other sides causing harm.
Tape the corners of walls, floor or doors of a moving truck to avoid tear, scratching and denting it.
It will be helpful to appoint a person who will closely supervise the loading crew and teach them where and how to stack items in order not to harm them.
Adjacently, unveiling another rigid packaging, Unwrapping & Unpacking At New Studio.
As you unload gear at your new photography studio location, here are tips for removing stretch film and unpacking:
Slice wrap layers with a knife, always from top to bottom to minimize the threat of slicing up other things.
Unwrap each bundle carefully without tearing the film harsh towards mere gears.
Check equipment when they are unwrapping noting on the products to see if any are damaged to make insurance claims.
It is also important that all items from each wrap grouping can be accounted for by using the studio equipment inventory checklist.
After unpacking, ensure that used plastic stretch film is returned to the recycling bins and disposed off correctly.
The application of pallet stretch film is one of the fastest and cheapest, and, at the same time, the most effective in ensuring photographers moving studios protect all their major photography equipment and gear. With respect to these preparation, loading, transportation and unloading stretch wrap tips, all the mobile studio gears will remain safely wrapped and secured hence warding off all the un-desired damage costs.