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BigDaddyChris

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A lady came in and asked if I could print on chairs. SURE!  (I'm game to make money on anything) So she hauled in a load of these folding camp chairs. I thought she meant the kind of folding chair with the removable back panel. No problem, I taped the econoprint transfer to the chair backs and pressed the chair without taking the fabric off the frame. kinda weird seeing all these chairs crowding up the back of the shop!

charge? $7.50 each (14 items)

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wow, those look great.  Worked good on the fabric then I take it?  Looks like yet another new avenue for pressing.  I need a heat press!

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How did you come up with $7.50 each for this odd job?

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weird sitting in the shop? Be happy it wasn't for a funeral home.

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I charge $15 to imprint someones t-shirt if they bring it in, but if theres a quantity, then I give a break. they had 14 chairs, so I cut them a deal.

the material costs about $6 a yard (with postage to be fair)

each tranfer took about 4"

so I got 12 transfers yer yard

materials cost $8 total.

charged $105

took an hour to do

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Very nice chairs!! My next venture will probably be a heat press.

That sounds like a very fair price on the chairs!

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Guest kenya

GREAT Job Chris  :thumbsup:;D

Gives me ideas for our camp chairs.  ;D

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Nice!  $7.50 each is fair enough, too

Pretty much the same as pressing on the ex-up tents, almost identical material.  That's about what I charge a sq/ft..

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do the EZ up type tents have a rubbery liner on the backside? is there any risk of melting the liner? I have a "first up" from wally-world, been wondering if I dare try to personalize it.

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I did all the graphics on a Bicycle Hearse for a local Cemetery here in town., also all their vehicles, and their website. The website was in trade though, for my mothers services. :)

Kind of interesting though, the stories the owner of a funeral home can tell about his experiences. lol WAY better stories than I have about doing graphics. His stories are, um, more graphic. lol

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