<Now, I don't know if you keep a
stock of each color in every perf
pattern or if you perf to order. If you perf to order, why not just punch the
pattern and ship precut squares? It probably takes the same amount of time and machine
power to do. Since the perf
gel practically falls apart into squares as you handle it, and it must have to be shipped
flat, which requires more packaging than a
roll (wasn't there just a post about
Apollo goign green?), wouldn't it make more sense to cut the pieces as small as possible to save on shipping materials? Also, if the
gel was just pre-cut the end user would only have to
drop the color into the fixtures. And of course if you (
Apollo) saved the scrap to cut whatever fit in it, but still only sold cuts "by the sheet" for the same price as a sheet, you would end up winning!>
<Perfgel is great, and really convenient, but I'd imagine not always the easiest for a supplier to
stock a ton of, as it's less versatile than just standard sheets of
gel that fit any
instrument. But what about a sheet of
gel that had lines already printed on it in standard sizes? Different hash marked lines would mean different sizes, no more time-consuming measurements necessary. The lines wouldn't show up in the beam, and as long as the ink (or whatever) didn't make the
gel weaker it'd be fine. It'd allow people to just need to carry pair of
scissors around, rather than a paper cutter.>
Very good points made, indeed!
We perf the
gel by color, per order. Since so many variations of 144 colors with different sized perforations exist, we perf that day, shipping the following day to either the dealer or the theatrical
venue.
Oftentimes the schoolchurch/theater may want to save the smaller cuts for other uses, so we will
roll the sheets and ship in a tube- thus saving shipping costs. In the event the technician must use the
gel for another sized
fixture, you may still cut the desired size from the
PerfGel sheet of gel- ignoring the perforations. And yes, these perforations aren't seen during the projection as they are so small.
We do have dealers that
stock a number of sheets of their best selling colors in several sizes, but since we ship so quickly- most order
PerfGel the day before, allowing us time to perf and ship.
It is an option to ask for
PerfGel in 1 or 2 inch squares, allowing the user to determine at
gel time which size is needed.
Keep the comments coming!