Shipping gas tank- newly painted. How to pack it shipping?

[BIG_brother]

Use bubble wrap and then an old blanket

[earlfor]

When I was painting boat parts (part of my job), If I had to ship them, I wrapped the parts loosely in felt, then a layer of bubble wrap on top of the felt and the part put in a box on a bed of styrofoam peanuts and the box then filled with peanuts. Paint can take as much as 30+ days to reach final hardness. Plastic sheeting directly on fresh paint CAN bond itself to the paint, ruining a finish. Paint will not bond to a loose wrap of felt and if the paint is so fresh that felt will scratch it, it should not be shipped.

[JEEPRUSTY]

I got asn OEM tank off of Ebay once.
Tank was immobilized int he box and I got a pristine tank.

I was very nervous as I waited but the shipper assured me he had dome it man many times before.

[ThrottleBack]

Use bubble wrap and then an old blanket

Says the genius behind telling people to use seal a gas tank full of flammable liquid and put it in the dryer. Sadly you were serious, common sense weeps for you.

[keman]

Perhaps I was just paranoid, But the last tank I shipped had fresh paint too. I built a frame to mount the tank on that fitted snug to the inside dimentions of a heavy duty box. the frame held the tank so that nothing touched the paintwork. shipped from Seattle to Boston UPS ground (took 9 days) without a problem. The frame supported the tank from underneath, was 2x2 wood held together with glue and screws.

[BigD_83]

That sounds like a good, albeit expensive alternative, Keman.

[keman]

Wasn't too expensive. I had the 2x2s layin about, and only spent about an hour building the framwork. Comparred to the risk of damaging new paint it was well worth my time for the no worry sanity. The guy who bought the tank was very happy that the tank arrived in perfect condition.

[BigD_83]

Maybe I should have said, slightly MORE expensive, what with dimensional weight shipping costs.

I do like your solution, though.

[86turbodsl]

When I sent a very expensive GS1000 tank across country, I built a shipping crate out of 1x1's and lauan 1/4" plywood. then I wrapped in corrugated. I hear it arrived in perfect shape. Took about a day a few minutes at a time to glue it up. total maybe an hour in it.