Moving Small Kitchen Appliances: How to pack them?

Moving Small Kitchen Appliances: How to pack them?

The kitchen is normally the most difficult—and time-consuming—room to pack up before a transfer of all the rooms in a home. Packing your kitchen needs a strategy and plenty of supplies, particularly if you'll need to bring small appliances like blenders, air fryers, and stand mixers in addition to dishes, silverware, and glasses.

Small appliances need special handling, but they aren't inherently difficult to store. What you need are the right supplies, such as appropriately sized moving boxes, and a basic understanding of how to pack small appliances to avoid harm during shipping.

We've covered the basics, as well as several pointers about how to make sure your small appliances arrive in one piece. These laws extend to a variety of appliances, including:

• Toasters and toaster ovens

• Blenders, food processors, and immersion blenders

• Microwaves

• Air fryers

• Bread makers

• Rice cookers

• Coffee makers

• Pressure cookers

• Stand mixers.

It's a little refrigerator whether it's portable, used for food or beverage storage, and plugs into the wall. Here's how to get from point A to point B in the most efficient manner possible.

What You'll Need to Pack Your Kitchen Appliances

In terms of equipment, you don't need anything special to pack small appliances, but you do need to make sure you have plenty of the right type. This contains the following:

Boxes are used to store products. Small appliances should be packed in boxes that are as similar to their true size as possible. It's best if you have the original boxes your appliances come in, but a regular moving box would suffice.

Packing paper. Make sure you have enough packaging paper on hand to wrap your appliances and fill in any holes in the boxes. (If you run out of packaging paper or wish to reduce the volume you need, you should fill in holes with dish towels.)

Tape for packing. To keep your packaging in place and your boxes sealed. Links can be twisted. To keep cords in place. Packing tape can also be used if you don't have any. The permanent marker. You're probably already marking all of your boxes, but just in case, have a permanent marker on hand to mark the boxes containing your small appliances as delicate.

Packing Small Appliances in 6 Easy Steps

Regardless of the particular object, the steps for properly packing small appliances are usually the same.

1. Remove them and wipe them down.

Cleaning and drying each of your small appliances thoroughly before packing them will prevent you from bringing crumbs, grease, and other debris to your new home. If you don't have time, a quick wipe down with a damp rag of each part should suffice. Just make sure that it is fully dry before wrapping everything up.

2. Remove any parts that are loose or removable.

Instead of attempting to bundle all of your tiny appliances in one piece, disassemble them. These components, which include items like your microwave's tray and your food processor's blade, must be packaged carefully and individually.

Until you tie it up, place these part parts next to the small appliance they belong to so you know what goes together and can pack them all in the same package.

3. Look for a Box.

When packing small appliances, keep in mind that it's safest to choose a box that's as similar to their real size as possible, which is normally a small to the medium-sized box. Avoid placing several small appliances in one bigger box, because it's just a good idea to stuff a box with so many delicate things, even though they're well sealed.

4. Packing Appliances Wrapped

Start by bundling loose cords and locking them with twist ties or packing tape to your appliances.

Use a second sheet of packing tape to secure them to the appliance's edge. Using packaging tape to lock the door shut from the outside if the small appliance has a non-removable door, such as the toaster oven.

(Keep in mind that if your things will be in storage for an extended period, this packing tape will leave a sticky layer behind.) If that's the case, have a tube of adhesive remover on hand until you're about to unpack your tiny appliances—or make your own.) Wrap each piece, including small component pieces, in packaging material. For delicate sections and the main body of each appliance, use two or three layers of paper. To hold the paper in place, wrap it securely and secure it with packing tape.

5. Put a Box Around Them

Fill the package with wrapping paper before sticking a wrapped appliance in it to provide a little extra cushion (towels work great for this purpose as well). The piece, as well as its parts, should then be carefully placed inside. Fill some holes in the package with crumpled-up dish towels or wrapping paper to save things from sliding about on the moving truck.

If some of your small appliance boxes have any extra space, you can use it to pack additional, less delicate kitchen pieces, as long as they're well packaged and locked and the holes are filled in later.

6. Labeling and Sealing

When you go, seal and mark each of your boxes so you don't forget what goes where. As previously said, mark these boxes as "fragile" so that you and/or your movers can handle them with extra caution when loading and unloading.

Any small equipment, such as venting microwaves, can necessitate some extra measures. In most situations, however, the measures outlined above will suffice to pack small appliances for your move.

We've even mentioned the important things. For a thorough look at safely moving all of your appliances to your new house, check out our tips on how to move a stove or range, how to move a refrigerator, and how to move a dishwasher.
 

Q. Do we require moving help from Tampa for packing small kitchen appliances?

It is up to you. If you think you are not that good at packing all the kitchen stuff you can call us.

Q. Can you assist with the same-day move to Tampa?

Yes, we can. If you call us we can discuss all the details together and book a move.