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help on pricing !
been asked to quote on the following
14 windows 1.7 metre * 1.2 metre
to be covered in etched vinyl with text and logo reversed out on each
i have roughly priced as follows
vinyl approx £10 per metre cutting and masking £15 metre = 25 per metre approx 2 metres per window =28 *25 = 700 plus fitting on site
i am hoping 6 hours at £50( two people) per hour = 300
that’s £1000 split between 14 windows approx £71 per window obvious vat on top does that sound right look right etc is there a beter way to price should i charge for blades etc is £25 per metre enough mark up on etched vinyl
cheers
dex -
16 Replies
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I’d charge around the grand mark for that. Seems about fair.
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I would charge a bit more, and put a bit on for design?
Also add a bit extra for fitting, a couple of hours, or so, to cover travel and a bit for unforseen. (moving furniture etc)
Peter. -
Yes but you’ve got a LOT of dog food to buy Peter.
Covering large windows like that is one of those jobs that can go either way; either it takes a lot less time than you planned or a lot longer. Probably wise to allow more time than less. Also, dry or wet? One will be a lot easier and quicker, if you’re brave enough!
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i take it dry is the brave option if so i have some old etch and the dining room window to practice on it will be a change from the big fish tank design on it at the moment
big g, peter,
thanks again will do quote first thing and keep you posted as to how it goes
Dex wet or dry 🙄
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i like mine wet mate but for this one i would go with dry and a Grand sounds about right maybe a bit more for unforseen problems like the lads mentioned. 😀
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Put it this way. Applying wet will mean spending at least half an hour removing the tape from each window. Even then it won’t be dry for days after and at risk of damage. Even if you took a couple of spares with you it would be worth it, I reckon.
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wet and windows is a no no, unless you are applying just film or flood coating, Anything with app tape dry is the way, never mind half an hour, you can wait days!!! to remove
Peter -
Sorry to hijack the thread, But Why does it take so long to dry on glass. I always wondered technically why it doesnt dry as fast as on paint. Temperature has an effect but doesnt seem like much. Is Glass Smoother… More porous?
I’m Dying to know!
I’m now doing more dry application, but I haven’t mastered it yet, so i’m doing about 70% wet still.
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Yeah that’s a good question. Acrylic is very shiny like glass yet water squeegees out quite well from that. What we need is a scientist.
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Hard to find this time of night.
I know that glass is a liquid, and its not porous, Contradiction in terms, I know, but glass is stuff with strange properties, when it was first discovered, it must have seemed like magic, something that could be seen through? Just tink what the world would be without it.
Funny stuff it is, I suppose it has a right to be different.
Peter -
I think the answer is glass is non pouruss acylic is slightly pourus so glass does’nt absorbe any liquid but acrylic does I am not a scientisit, so I don’t know if this is true 🙄
Lynn
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Glass has a very low co-efficient of conductivity compared to acrylic and most other plastics (and metal). This results in a high degree of surface tension insolubility. The net result of all this is that the H2O molecules remain attracted to the surface of the glass whereas with most other materials these molecules migrate towards an area of lower surface tension (i.e outwith the vinyl/glass interface). 😮
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THat’s what I thought 🙄
Lynn
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And if you believe that you’ll believe anything 😛 :lol1:
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Told you I wasn’t a sceintist but Hey I belive what any one tells me 😕 because I don’t think any one would lie to me
Eternall optomist the moon is made of green cheese and I have fairy’s at the bottom of my garden say nite nite every niteLynn
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Sounds good to me….. i’ll memorize that so i can explain it to my customers….
:lol1:
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