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How to wrap a suitcase at home with stretch wrap: why kitchen cling film isn’t up to it, a step-by-step method, and what to check with your airline before you fly.

Quick answer: To work out how much pallet wrap to buy in bulk, count how many pallets you wrap in a normal week, find out how many pallets one roll does, and divide. A site wrapping 20 pallets a day, at 25 pallets a roll, uses about 4 rolls a week, or roughly 3 boxes … Read more

Quick answer: Containment force is how firmly stretch wrap squeezes a load together. It comes from the film trying to shrink back after it’s been stretched, added up across every layer on the pallet. It depends on four things: how much the film was stretched as it went on, how thick it is, how many … Read more

Quick answer: A pallet top sheet, also called a top cover or cap sheet, is a sheet of polythene laid over the top of a loaded pallet before it’s wrapped. Stretch wrap goes round the sides of a load, so it doesn’t seal the top very well. A top sheet keeps rain, dust and dirt … Read more

Quick answer: “Food grade” stretch film means film that’s made and declared safe to touch food directly. In Great Britain that means it meets the food contact materials rules and comes with a declaration of compliance from the supplier. You only need it when the film will, or could, touch unwrapped food, such as open … Read more

Quick answer: Breathable stretch film, also called vented or perforated pallet wrap, has small holes or open sections that let air move through the wrap. It’s used for goods that need to breathe or cool down, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, plants, firewood, and products packed while still warm. For almost everything else, including … Read more

A practical pallet load security checklist: what to check before, during and after wrapping, who is responsible for load security in the UK, and a printable checklist for your loading bay.

UK standard pallets are 1200 × 1000mm and Euro pallets 1200 × 800mm. Every common pallet size, what couriers mean by half and quarter pallets, how many fit in a lorry, and how to wrap each one.

Pallet wrap is often called industrial cling film, but the two are made for very different jobs. Here’s how they differ, and when you can and can’t swap one for the other.

DIY stores and trade counters sell pallet wrap, and for a one-off job that’s fine. If you wrap pallets every week, here’s what to check on the label and when buying direct works out cheaper.