how much return on Teflon/Scotchgard are you after?

[Mikey P]

My son is selling it like crazy but thinks a 3 to 1 return is sufficient.

I'd love to give him a well formulated spread sheet showing what it really is costing us to apply Cobbs $34 a gallon of RTU 1200 sf product..

 

[hogjowl]

The pig farmer way of approaching this would be to get him to apply it one gallon at a time and keep up with the number of s.f. he is getting out of a gallon. I'd do this for about a week to get an average.

 

[dealtimeman]

Do you have a target per SQft you want him at? And explain that way.

Does he feel like he might be charging too much?

 

[Mikey P]

According to the bottle, Larry says roughly 800 to 1200 feet depending on face weight. So I would think close to $200 should be the goal.


Hard for me to bitch when we just had our best month in years and I only worked for 7 days of it...

 

[Lance Golden]

1,200 sf @ .15 per sf = $180 / 4= $45 (I think this put's you a little higher than your target, Mike) even at 800 sq ft he is is coming out real well!

I charge up to 1/2 the cost of cleaning or as low as .15 per sq ft.

 

[Shane Deubell]

If our coverage is 1000 sqr ft and we charge .165ft = $165

Cost is product at $34 + $32 {20% to tech} = $66

$66 / by 40% = $165
60% gross profit

Not for me to say what is good or bad.


****rounded the numbers original post

 

[Desk Jockey]

$34.00/1200sq/ft =$.028 about .03 cents a sq/ft is your product cost.

4-6 would seem very reasonable if you're selling a good product that has value to the client.

 

[hogjowl]

Like all of Larry's suggestions, you can cut that in half.