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How to Mail an Oil Painting

Whether you need to ship an old family portrait or your first original oil painting, you need to make special arrangements to transport your artwork. Wrapping it brown paper and string, throwing it in the mail and hoping for the best are likely to result in your art getting damaged. It's worth spending a few extra dollars to ship your painting properly.

Things You'll Need

  • Cardboard tube
  • Art mailing tube
  • Thin plastic sheeting
  • Bubble wrap
  • Rubber bands
  • Address labels
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Instructions

    • 1

      Remove your oil painting from its frame carefully.

    • 2

      Place thin plastic sheeting on both sides of your painting and roll it around a cardboard tube, with the painted side on the inside.

    • 3

      Place bubble wrap around your picture and secure with a rubber band at each end of your tube.

    • 4

      Slide your oil painting into a specialist mailing tube, and seal it according to the manufacturer's instructions.

    • 5

      Affix an address label to your tube including the recipient's address and your return address.

    • 6

      Take your packaged painting to your local post office, and send it via the U.S. Postal Service's special handling service. Tell the postal worker handling your request that the contents are fragile. Discuss insurance options if your painting is valuable.

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