jvandy57
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Less in another thread said something about not being exactly sure how to charge for wrapping liners and mats. So how do you charge for this?
Hand wrapping Liners and Mats, What do you charge?
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Rick Bergeron - CPF
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Hi Jerry,
We use the same formula for liners as we do for frame moulding.
We don't do enough volume with liners to justify the time, mess and headache to get everything out to do it. I know everyone says liners are simple and quick to wrap, but I can either join or fit a prewrapped liner in less time than it takes for me to just think about getting everything out to wrap it myself.
Our solution is to buy custom wrapped liner chops from Frank's Fabrics and join them ourselves. Or to buy no-seam liners from Frank. It seems as though he stocks hundreds of fabrics.
We use the same formula for liners as we do for frame moulding.
We don't do enough volume with liners to justify the time, mess and headache to get everything out to do it. I know everyone says liners are simple and quick to wrap, but I can either join or fit a prewrapped liner in less time than it takes for me to just think about getting everything out to wrap it myself.
Our solution is to buy custom wrapped liner chops from Frank's Fabrics and join them ourselves. Or to buy no-seam liners from Frank. It seems as though he stocks hundreds of fabrics.
Lessee,
Without getting into the gorey details:
I charge the standard markup on the raw or primed liner frame, just the same as I do on any other frame. Since I wrap both mats (I stock 4-ply generic board specifically for that purpose, and can make 8-ply from it) and liners, I have determined a per united inch charge for preparing the liner (usually involves a little sanding and a coat or two of flat white latex) and a seperate charge for applying the fabric. there are breaks at 32x40 and 40x60 for an incremental increase in the markup factor. I charge a retail price for the fabric, and like mats, no, they don't get the fallout. For stock fabric, I have the shipping amortized into the price, for special orders I tag on shipping.
Less' price for the liner parted out was $288.00
I had to fudge a little to get the POS to give me a price on a 5" liner, but with a Lux Linen my pricing for essentially the same product came in a tad over $300.00, not that far apart really.
Without getting into the gorey details:
I charge the standard markup on the raw or primed liner frame, just the same as I do on any other frame. Since I wrap both mats (I stock 4-ply generic board specifically for that purpose, and can make 8-ply from it) and liners, I have determined a per united inch charge for preparing the liner (usually involves a little sanding and a coat or two of flat white latex) and a seperate charge for applying the fabric. there are breaks at 32x40 and 40x60 for an incremental increase in the markup factor. I charge a retail price for the fabric, and like mats, no, they don't get the fallout. For stock fabric, I have the shipping amortized into the price, for special orders I tag on shipping.
Less' price for the liner parted out was $288.00
I had to fudge a little to get the POS to give me a price on a 5" liner, but with a Lux Linen my pricing for essentially the same product came in a tad over $300.00, not that far apart really.