Sylvie,
I hunted far and wide to get that price for my foil. By not ganging together,
I mean placing two separate pieces of foil to cover a continuous part of an
image.....it will leave a line where the pieces overlapped or butted together.
You can use multiple pieces for one application but only if each piece covers
the total area that is to be foiled in that part of your design. If you have
any questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to help.
Another thing, it is very important that when you print, you have a good
uniform coverage of ink that is not driven down into the fabric. For a nice
smooth foil application, you need the ink to be on top of the fibres,
otherwise, you can get a mottled looking piece of foil.
Cheers,
Cary Ragbeer
Florida Screen Apparel
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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
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>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
>
>
>
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Sylvie Brucher
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