David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/21/17 12:17 p.m.
Tony Sestito
Tony Sestito PowerDork
7/21/17 12:38 p.m.

It's just giant bubble wrap.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill UltimaDork
7/21/17 12:46 p.m.

Trust me, it is.

T.J.
T.J. MegaDork
7/21/17 12:58 p.m.

Huh, I usually just use a box cutter.

Woody
Woody MegaDork
7/21/17 1:24 p.m.

Bonus points if you're on a Schwinn Sting-Ray.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/21/17 2:04 p.m.
Woody wrote: Bonus points if you're on a Schwinn Sting-Ray.

Yeah, I'll suggest that. By the way, that's my friend Chelsea, the one who got me to race a bike through a shopping mall.

Here's something from her that's a bit more traditional BMX:

https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/fietsgodinbmx/videos/990790837623438/&show_text=0&width=560

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy PowerDork
7/21/17 2:17 p.m.

I've went to the Sealed Air factory on the south side of Chicago this past spring as they needed hoses - I asked them what they made on the machinery they showed me. Bubble wrap.

Doh!

NickD
NickD SuperDork
7/21/17 2:17 p.m.

Rock Auto loves sending me that E36 M3

tuna55
tuna55 MegaDork
7/21/17 2:22 p.m.

I worked at a place making remote keyless entry systems, we kitted the components for OEMs also, and part of that was putting both transmitters into bags and sealing them. The process was hard, and the process engineer kept tweaking an trying different things, and was in some meeting explaining how it was just a really hard process to get right at high volumes.

And then one of the managers threw some of those airbag deals from a cardboard box on the table, and said "really?".

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 UltimaDork
7/21/17 3:27 p.m.

I sell stuff on ebay and re-use air pillows and bubble wrap to cushion merchandise from damage by the gorillas that work for the USPS.

Karacticus
Karacticus HalfDork
7/21/17 3:33 p.m.

Our dog is generally willing to shred those with very little encouragement.

68TR250
68TR250 Reader
7/21/17 3:36 p.m.

Do it with a forklift, even more fun!

cmcgregor
cmcgregor Dork
7/21/17 3:40 p.m.

I typically keep some of that stuff around (usually courtesy of Amazon) for when I need to ship stuff. Then I inevitably throw it out right before I actually need it.

Driven5
Driven5 Dork
7/21/17 3:45 p.m.

Be careful breathing that in. I'm pretty sure those are part of China's efforts to reduce air pollution in their cities...Just get people to pay them to ship it to everybody else in the world.

Toyman01
Toyman01 MegaDork
7/21/17 4:59 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens:

I would have ended up popping those with my face.

MulletTruck
MulletTruck Reader
7/21/17 5:38 p.m.

I can see doing this with a prius, one roll on each side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAOZqxoyLMQ

Dr. Hess
Dr. Hess MegaDork
7/21/17 6:34 p.m.

I hold them vertically with one hand and use a knife and sort of an "up-to-down" slashing technique. Helps if the knife is razor sharp.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
7/21/17 8:32 p.m.
Datsun310Guy wrote: I've went to the Sealed Air factory on the south side of Chicago this past spring as they needed hoses - I asked them what they made on the machinery they showed me. Bubble wrap. Doh!s

My brother's and I helped dig the foundation for the addition they put on a few years ago. Lots of Saturday and Sunday work. We stage dived into the recycle pile more than a few times. If you have the means, I highly recommend it.

mad_machine
mad_machine MegaDork
7/22/17 7:56 a.m.
68TR250 wrote: Do it with a forklift, even more fun!

I was going to say that. We used to do that at work!

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