Re: Window Foil

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

www.alarmfoil.com

Jim Rojas




Roland Moore wrote:
> Window foiling is a dead art I am afraid. I don't know any parts houses that
> even stock the stuff necessary to do it anymore. Things like foil take of
> blocks, shim brass, foil protector varnish, camel hair brushes, etc. don't
> live there anymore. You should have been around in the 70's. You could foil
> all you wanted back then, except in the winter or any cold rainy day when
> the windows started to sweat. I think using foil now makes you look like an
> eccentric, or worse. As a practical matter almost any GBD can cover more
> square feet of glass than window foil on a dollar per dollar basis. And what
> about service calls for broken foil? That is a real PITA to deal with.
> Better bring your foil splicing tool. I might be talked into repairing a
> foiled window, just for giggles, to see if I could still do it (solder foil
> without burning it). I might even do one from scratch, you know, if the guy
> was old and had a dinosaur system and a bunch of other foiled windows, and I
> felt sorry for him, and otherwise wasn't too busy that day for some reason.
> Foil should NOT be a part of normal window protection technology anymore.
> And how much should you charge? The cost of one time machine with a lifetime
> maintenance contract.
> Just mentioning the words 'Window Bug Glass Break Detector' should get you
> beheaded.
>
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> "Matthew Stanley" <mstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:rGH9j.36$lo5.34@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I did a window foil job today for a customer I have. He has a store front
>> that has 4' wide by 8' tall single pane glass windows in the front. A
> total
>> of 4. 2 on each side..
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>> My question is, how many guy out there still do foil jobs and what do you
>> charge?
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>> Hourly, by each window, by job etc......
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>> I'm kinda interested because I would like to do more foil jobs. I have
>> always liked foil over window bugs and what not.
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>> M
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