Hi Cary, Thanks for your prompt answer! I really appreciate your insight!
Wow, I am surprised to see how much more expensive the foil is here as compared to the US... a 2 feet by 100 feet will cost me about 100$ (CDN)!! You can bet I'll cross the border soon!! LOL When you say not to gang pieces together, do you mean when you press? Mind you, it makes a lot of sense to me. I appreciate the info about the production time - it's very helpful. I'll try the process, and will tell you what came out of it. Cheers! Sylvie Montreal, Quebec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Sylvie, > > Asking how much you should charge for foil is like asking how much you > should charge for a screenprint job. > It all depends on your costs and what profit margin you are comfortable with. > In the USA, foil costs anywhere from $38 to $60 a roll ( 2 feet by 200 > feet), so you figure out the cost of foil based on your per piece cost, which > means you have to calculate the area of the image being foiled. Next you > charge for the labor involved in doing the heat transfer and then the cold > peel. We charge our usual print price for the screenprint and for the foil we > may give them a better price as we have already got the print work. > Make sure you add at least one inch around the design and also, do not > gang pieces together as it will leave lines in your image. Most people are > able to transfer about 100 pieces an hour per machine with one operator. > Calculate your labor and overhead costs attributed to the foil process, add > your desired margin and voila....c'est magnifique!!!! Hope that helps, > >Regards, >Cary Ragbeer >Florida Screen Apparel > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 4:19 PM >Subject: [SE-List] Foil - how do you price? > > >Hello all, > >The list is quiet, so I guess it is a good sign: everyone is busy! > >I have a request for a job we could do since we have the equipment, and >all supplies available at our supplier's and I don't think many do this >kind of job around here: FOIL. > >We would have a job that would require foil, and I was wondering how >much we should charge for that? At this point it would be 1 gross (144 >shirts) minimum. > >Can anyone help? > >Thanks in advance! > >Sylvie > > > -- Sylvie Brucher _______________________________________________ Screenprinters mailing list [email protected] http://mailinglist.screenprinters.net/mailman/listinfo/screenprinters
