Re: Window Foil

["Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I am sure it's sold on line. When I say parts houses I mean local ADI,
Tri-Ed type parts houses. I haven't seen Window Foil there for years. I
don't think the newer parts guys would even know what it is anymore.
Now, get back to the tar pit with the mastodons and saber toothed cats,
where you and the other window foilers belong.


"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> www.alarmfoil.com
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> Jim Rojas
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> 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.
> >
> >
> > "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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