also need help with price

[Guest]

this is not my usual type of work so i need you guys to help me
i have to do a quote on the following parts , i have to quote for clearcoating over polished brass
and i have to give individual unit price
i have 225 6 1/4 " x 2 1/4" plates top only
4 6 x 7 " plates top only
1 7 x 7 x 1/2 inch thick solid brass logo three sides
20 2.5 inch x2 inch x 1/2 inch thick letters three sides
4 22.5 inch x16 inch x 1/2 inch thick letters three sides

all parts will require minimal prep because i will be doing the polishing and when quoting for the polishing i m including time to clean off any compound residue
they will be one coat clear probably arylic clear

[Guest]

Re: also need help with price

I'd say $4-$5 each for everything except the last item. Those larger letters would be around $15-$18 each. Now this is for a one time deal. If this may turn into something more, you've got some room to negotiate. Since the prep is minimal (basically already in your polishing price), the parts are small (so you can do a bunch at a time) and it's a single shot of clear, you may be able to knock as much as 20% off the price and still be competitive.

With all the production work I fell into recently, the smallest piece I've done (besides screws and misc. hardware) is a solid metal disk about 2.5" dia. x 1.5" thick with some fancy machining done to them - I still charge $5 each no matter how many they bring. Sometimes it's 10, sometimes it's 100. Sometimes it's only 1, but there's always a ton of other crap to do with them. But it's also always no prep other than blow off the dust. Everything this customer has brought me so far is hand prepped by their people to an almost "brushed stainless" look, and I'm shooting it with satin clear.

[Guest]

Re: also need help with price

Baz,
When you say "three sides" does that mean you're masking off one side (the back I assume)?

Everything this customer has brought me so far is hand prepped by their people to an almost "brushed stainless" look, and I'm shooting it with satin clear.

Ya fell into a nice job there, David.

Yes, it's been a good one. They must be spending a small fortune on all that in-house prep. Ok by me, I'd hate to have to do all that hand sanding and what-not. I bet the scotch-brite salesman is close to retiring.

I'll try and get a few pics next time they load me up. Couple of weeks ago, I had crap scattered everywhere. Wasn't a clean horizontal surface in the building, and most of the shop floor was full of the larger pieces. They've kinda slowed down to a normal pace the last week, so I can finally catch my breath. They just about killed me the first 30 days.

[BeeBob]

Re: also need help with price

I bet you were "crying" all the way to the bank too! :P

[Guest]

Re: also need help with price

I bet you were "crying" all the way to the bank too! :P

I had to borrow the forklift from the commercial painter across the street to load all the money in my truck

[baz]

Re: also need help with price

Baz,
When you say "three sides" does that mean you're masking off one side (the back I assume)?

Everything this customer has brought me so far is hand prepped by their people to an almost "brushed stainless" look, and I'm shooting it with satin clear.

Ya fell into a nice job there, David.

no just that three sides have to be real nice back side does not matter

[baz]

Re: also need help with price

I bet you were "crying" all the way to the bank too! :P

I had to borrow the forklift from the commercial painter across the street to load all the money in my truck

cpc2 has so much money he had to get rid of his bedroom furniture to make room for the money