[Jim_77]

Ash, that stuff might be a bit thin, impossible to tell.  If it's too thin it will just tear when you transport it.  Better to present the rug to a customer with no wrapper than a tatty torn one!

The stuff Pierre linked to looks great, the heavy gauge black stuff.  That won't rip when you slide it in the van!  I'd recommend no more than 24" because you need a snug fit otherwise the wrapping will belly out and catch on things and you'll be forever fighting it.  Of course you can tape it up but that's extra cost and hassle (depending on the scale of your rug operation!)

I normally cut the plastic about 3ft longer than the rug and simply push each end down the middle of the rolled up rug, so it can still breathe.  I always advise them never to leave rugs rolled up in plastic too.

[AshWhite]

Just got some of that stuff delivered. Realised I mistook the 2" for 2' so if anyone needs some layflat tubing to hold some copper pipe or similar, I'm the man to ask...

 

[Jim_77]

Hahaha oops!!

Might not all be lost though, you could maybe start a dolls' house rug cleaning business?  £2.50 per square centimetre, rugs returned professionally wrapped

Or you could use it to make sausages?

[AshWhite]

Not one of my proudest moments.

I've told the Mrs it's a new type of condom-on-a-roll and I've bought a lifetime supply (although the way its going, half a metre would be a lifetimes supply!).

[Jim_77]

hahaha I can just imagine it, mounted on a dispenser at the side of the bed!