What's better to ship posters, crimped end ("snap seal") mailing tubes or mailing tubes with plastic end plugs?
Neither style functions better than the other. They are two different options meant to achieve the same purpose. Selecting one style over the other is more about preference. For example, a crimped end |
Why do Mailing Tubes have "usable" lengths?
Most mailing tubes use plastic plugs to secure the ends. Most plastic plugs are .500" deep. When both of the plastic plugs are inserted, they reduce the inside, "usable" length of the Mailing Tube by |
Do you make colored mailing tubes?
Yes. All of our colored mailing tubes are made to order. We stock glossy red, glossy white, glossy blue, glossy green, and glossy black paper. We also stock matte white and matte black paper options. |
On other sites, I'm seeing mailing tube thicknesses referred to as "3-ply". What does that mean?
The most common wall thickness for a "standard" mailing tube is .060" (1/16"). Paper tubes are made with "layers" or "plies" of paper. A generic assumption would be to assume a mailing tube with a .06 |
Mailing Tubes – Poster Tubes – Shipping Tubes
Besides the famous toilet paper roll, mailing tubes, poster tubes, and shipping tubes are a close second. For everybody needing to “think outside the box”, these round solutions can be seen passi |
Every Good Mailing Tube Must Come To An End
End Closures are the crux components at the ends of mailing tubes, paper canisters, paper cores, shipping tubes, and donation cans. Depending on how End Closures are used, they are often called diffe |
Mailing Tubes, Poster Tubes, Shipping Tubes – Where do you order?
After numerous conversations with long-term, short-term and potential customers, we decided to launch an online store. Just over four years ago, for the first time in our company’s history, we made |
Mailing Tubes and Shipping Tubes. Made in America.
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, supply chains and supply lines are being interrupted like never before. The American shipping and packaging industry is no different. We manufacture shipping tu |
What's the crush strength of a 3" ID x 24" usable x .060 mailing tube?
Unlike corrugated boxes, spiral paper tubes do not have industry standard crush strengths. Paper tubes with thicker walls are stronger than paper tubes with thinner walls. |
Re-Purposing the Mailing Tube…
Everyone wants to get the biggest “bang for their buck.” So, sometimes in order to make the most out of everyday products, it is helpful to understand how to repurpose them for other uses. Mailin |
Mailing Tubes, Poster Tubes, Cardboard Tubes
I recently received an important document in the mail. This document represented many hours totaling over two years of my life. I had poured my heart and soul into those hours, and in the end I recei |
Can you insert and mail my posters?
Yes. Start by requesting a custom quote for 1) mailing tubes and 2) fulfillment services. You will need to know the exact size mailing tube you're going to use and the poster details (size, paper sto |
I'm shipping expensive prints internationally. What wall thickness should I order?
Most of our clients shipping expensive prints internationally order their mailing tubes with a .125" or .187" wall thickness. Bulk shipped mailing tubes usually have a wall thickness of .060", .070", |
Ordering Shipping and Packaging Supplies
The information highway is responsible for a vast majority of communications and sales throughout the world. In the United States, online sales are estimated to account for roughly 60% of all retail |
Los Angeles Fulfillment Services – Spiral Paper Tube & Core
Spiral Paper Tube & Core helps customers by offering ways to decrease logistic costs and increase efficiency. When a customer orders Poster Tubes, Mailing Tubes, Fiber Cans, or Telescope Tubes, they |
Happy New Year! It’s a Great Year for Packaging!
If you are already familiar with who we are and what we make, we are excited you will be joining us for yet another year! If you are newer to the packaging industry, or to our packaging products, wel |
Real reviews from real customers
We’re a growing company. We have come a long way from the 1949 days of creating Invoices with a pencil and paper and “snail mailing” them out to clients. We like technology here at Spiral Paper |
4 Steps to Make a Paper Tube
Have you ever seen the television show How It’s Made ? If you find yourself wondering how things are put together, assembled, or used, you may find it interesting. The format is simple – take a f |
How to ship posters?
Let’s assume you’re just starting your poster company and that you are the one who will be purchasing the supplies, packing everything, and shipping the posters yourself. And keep in mind that � |
Paper Tubes and Plastic Plugs Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly
Some things are just meant to be together… What would peanut butter be without jelly? Who would Batman be without Robin? How lonely would salt feel without pepper? Paper tubes are no different. Wit |