remnant or scrap????

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remnant or scrap, What term do you use. I have always been curious as to what other frame shops call the left over mat, and moulding.

We originally started out as a sign and vinyl graphics company back in 1996, and remember the first sign expo I went to. Butch Superfrog Anton was giving a class on Mexican airbrushing, he held up apiece of vinyl about 8" x 20" and said What is this, and almost everyone chimed in with it is a scrap of vinyl. No he said, this is a remnant, you can turn this into a 40.00 set of custom boat numbers.
so when that person (and they are out there) comes in asking if you have scraps of vinyl you say no we have remnants. Carpet stores don't give away scraps of carpet they sell remnants. That has stuck with me in everything I have done. So What do you do??
 
If having to call it by a term, I would certainly say remnant as opposed to scrap. Usually when a customer is looking for something in a smaller size, I just say, "let me see what I have in stock" . Love to sell something out of that assortment.

I think we all understand the point of the first post. If we put no value on it and call it "Scrap" then the customer also puts no value on it.
 
Pg 50, January issue of DECOR:

a __________ of dark brown suede that was about 9" x 22"
a __________ of light grey/tan suede about 20"x 26"
some ________ of foam-core that were various lengths but over 3" wide
two _________ of mat fall out from another job

40minutes of playing around and shooting 200 pictures, a lot of laughing, some coffee and time well spent catching up with another framer (with better looking hands).

an old bin rattled stick of moulding that had been used a few times for other things..... painting drape rod, weight for...... you get the picture; nicely beat about the edges. That a nice wipe down with some Old English to enhance the "Patina".

$325 frame job . . . and a nice instructional article.

You can call it what ever.... but it might be "stock" or "writer's fodder".

Now, glass on the other hand.......

But, I don't have time for that.. I have a date with a pile of <5x7 mat board pieces, a video camera, paper cutter, blender and some forms.......

one mans garbage/scrap/waste/off-fall/dun/drop/remnants is another mans . . . . :D :D :D
 
Moulding: "In-stock" or "Left over" moulding.

MatBoard: "Partial Sheets"

Fabrics: "Remnants"

Glass: "Odd size" or "Scrap" (unless it's Museum Glass!)

Odd RM frames: "Mistake Frames" (discounted 50-80% off)
 
If I sell it, its a remnant.

If I don't, its scrap.

Scrap can change into a remnant just anytime. If its big enough, I just might boast it to "stock".

:popc:
 
When someone comes in and asks if we have any scrap I always answer, "there is no such thing as 'scrap' in the framing industry. There is always something that it can be used for." Then I throw 200 lbs of non-scrap into the bin each month.

Why don't we recycle.. blah de blah de blah!! ?? uhh .. yeah recycle this.:vomit:
 
SCRAP connotes worthlessness :cry:

REMNANT, on the other had, connotes an aura of perceived usefulness and, therefore, worth :thumbsup:
 
Never really thought of it that way. We still call most things scrap in our shop (except for fabric, moulding, and likewise, museum glass).
 
As a shop with increasingly "green" policies, we refer to leftovers as leftovers that we try to reuse or recycle. We reuse leftover moulding to make ready-mades, we keep a 6 drawer chest full of fabric sorted by color that we use that for shop displays and often for framing jobs. We recycle or reuse almost everything except glass and foamcore. The green list is very long.

What we can't reuse in framing, we have picked up by a local organization that takes scrap art materials and frames and reuses them in community art projects. We use The Center for Creative Reuse, and I'll bet there are similar organizations in many cities.

Thinking about how you can reuse materials can also be profitable.

Scrap? Never!
 
I tend call them scraps, but not when talking with customers.
It's a bit of semantics craft that reminds me of the last gallery I worked
at. The manager there had a big thing about not calling art, 'pieces'. He'd
say, 'Garbage comes in pieces. This is an artwork.' Some of you might have
the same motto, for all I know. I'm fine with fancying things up a bit,
but I don't get stuck on it. Remnant is a perfect alternate for 'scrap',
but I don't use it. So far, I call them scraps around the shop, and pieces
with customers.

We started saving out cardboard to recycle several years ago,
and it feels good not to put so much in the dumpster. The landlord
arranges with a guy to come pick it up. I never remember his name,
so I just say, 'Hi, Mister Cardboard!' He likes that. We also recycle
mat scraps with him. Until a couple months ago, we still threw all our
kraft paper in the garbage, but he told me he'll take that, too. He leaves
one of the empty bike boxes from next door in the back room, and
all week we shove any leftover paper into it. When it gets full, he dumps it
for us. I think the way to make a recycling program work is to make
it convenient for the employees. It probably helps that our shop is
so small, it's only a few steps to the recycling area.
 
My favorite things to recycle are bubble wrap and white puffy wrap from chop orders, which we save and use for protecting finished orders. This effort is greatly aided by suppliers who use tape that removes cleanly without tearing the padding materials. (Listen up, you lurking suppliers.) We also recycle glass boxes by cutting them to size as protectors for framed paintings, and as templates for hanging large pieces with 2-point hanging systems like D-rings or Wallbuddies. They also can be used as dividers in finished-frame storage racks, as can used CMC slip sheets.
:cool: Rick
 
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