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How can you reinforce a cardboard box? (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34786313

I have many many (lightly used) cardboard boxes, and I have several heavy things I want to ship. Is there an intelligent way to combine boxes or additional cardboard that will limit the chance of things breaking?

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Not an expert, just thinking it through. Cardboard boxes fall because the load distends the bottom of the box or because the seams fail, in my experience. You can't just stick one box inside another because they're the same size, but you could cut one box into sections that are the inner dimensions of the other to make the box thicker and less likely to bend/distend.

You could reinforce the edges and seams with packing tape to give them extra strength.

Probably worth a shot.