Re: Window Foil

["Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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.


"Matthew Stanley" <mstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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..
>
>
> My question is, how many guy out there still do foil jobs and what do you
> charge?
>
> Hourly, by each window, by job etc......
>
> I'm kinda interested because I would like to do more foil jobs. I have
> always liked foil over window bugs and what not.
>
> M
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