advice needed please - shipping large drawings..?

[lightboxing]

'morning everyone..

i posted this in the forums as well, but i'd really like to get some advice on shipping large drawings - up to a1 or a0 size. i have a potential custom order for a series of pen/ink drawings that would have to be shipped to australia from the uk.
they would probably be done on a medium weight paper - the type i use now for the small drawings in my shop, for example, is 200gsm/90lb.

i'm a bit clueless as to how this would be done - i assume rolling in a tube but would this bend the paper too much? as i will purchase large scale paper if and when this order happens would it be better to use a heavier or lighter weight paper to avoid this? it must be of a good enough quality to frame large (with quite a lot of blank paper showing!).

hopefully there is some experience to be drawn on out there..?
thanks very much,
e.

[LeedsRadio]

When I travel I buy maps & posters that are that size and larger and I always either ship them or bring them back in cardboard tubes. The trick is to not try to stick items printed/drawn on heavy stock in a tube that is too small in diameter.

Also instruct your customers to store items flat or have them framed/mounted soon after arrival as sometimes paper takes a set. This should be done anyhow since mailing tubes are not acid-free.

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thanks richard,
yeah, i wouldn't be worried if it were posters or maps (i carried a tube of rolled vintage propaganda posters around for months after buying them in viet nam - with hindsight, yeah, probably could have mailed them home!) but i was just concerned about thicker paper, as you say 'taking a set', especially as they would be in transit for a while, uk to aus.
i guess, if the order happens, i will just try and use the widest tube possible, protect them well, okay the rolling with the customer, and cross my fingers..
e.

[Former_Member]

Right, put them in a wide tube, I ship original drawings that are HUGE sometimes, and I put them in a waterproof/heat resistant plastic sleeve first if I can find one that fits.

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thanks tarren,
if you don't mind me asking, where do you get those plastic sleeves? though i don't suppose they come in a0 anyway do they..
e.

[Former_Member]

At an engineer or drafting supply store. Yes, they should have big ones.