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stillwantmore2;757043 said:
roughly 8 to 10 times the product, and I could produce the product at half the price.
silicone sleeves.
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roughly 8 to 10 times the product, and I could produce the product at half the price.
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LIGHTNING has received the molds and samples yesterday and is testing now against every sleeve out there. Yes, LIGHTNING bought one of every sleeve available. So once He approves we can seek out ways to cut costs big time by buying substates in volume. A 55 gallon drum will be far less expensive (pet unit) than a gallon. Multiple molds can be created also to speed production. The biggest expense is hand making them. But we are on the road to success.
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I priced 16 pounds of the 00-20 silicone that I used and it is 220 shipped to my door, while a 55 gallon drum would be ideal, I don't have the space to store that much silicone, I would cost me roughly little more than half right around 3.40 ea to cast, far as molds that is not a issue, I have enough material to make 10 more molds, the cure time 0n the 00.20 is roughly 3 hours, and I have nothing else to do, so time is no issue for me, I want to make that clear, I have plenty of time on my hands, we also have someone that has offered to buy the silicone, so all we really need is lightning approval, I have stretched the ever loving crap out of one of those sleeves
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What's the hold up then if someone will buy the silicone?
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stillwantmore2;757108 said:
LIGHTNING is looking into the cheapest way to get the substrate. He is exploring different volumes. It is extremely expensive and buying in bulk will save a lot. LIGHTNING should have something to report soon. In the way they are being made now they are very expensive. We can start selling at that high price right away but I think most would rather a cheaper price.
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Cool beans.
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what is the average price on a sleeve now.
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bandit2010;757141 said:
From someone else?
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yeah.
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They can cost anywhere from $2 to $40 depending on where you go. But every single sleeve Lightning tested within these parameters failed. He has not found any issues so far with Bandits design. Now the price comes into play and we will gauge this by how much silicone we can afford and how quickly we can make them. We will probably bring in 2 more people to make these through the day as each one takes a good deal of time.
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I can cast prob 10 or 15 a day starting out.
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Sinthious;758289 said:
I will be making a thread today in the main forum with updates and good news. I have some questions I will need to ask to get a better handle on pricing and such but we are on this. Check for my thread later today.
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