MAKING PAINT BRUSHES AND BRISTLE BRUSHES

• Manufacturing
• Printing And Design

Introduction
Paint brushes are of two types. Oval fer-ruled, bound brushes which are used for finer painting jobs such as varnishing and for final finishing of paint work and round fer-ruled, bound brushes that are used for rough painting work, like ground preparation and applying of under coat, filling of surfaces of under painting.

Plant Capacity
The profiled project envisages production of 100 brushes a day.
Production Process
Raw fibres, bristles or hair are opened and separated in a spiking machine. They are then dressed and bundled according to their thickness and lengths. MS sheets are cut using a shearing machine and pressed to make ferrules. Ferrules are filled with bristles and dipped in vulcanizing rubber solution from the bottom side to properly soak the roots of the bristles. Wooden handles are placed in an electric hot air baking oven to ensure proper setting of the bristles under controlled temperature after fixing ferrules, the handle is nailed. The brushes are finally inspected and packed.

Market Analysis
Paint brushes and natural Bristle Fibre brushes are mainly used in Construction, Art and Craft, and Carpentry work. This business is growing but still informal.

Scale of Investment
1. Capital Investment Requirements

Capital Investment Item	Units	Qty	Unit Cost	Amount
Wood working circular saws	No	2	35	70
Foot operated guillotine	No	1	1,371	1,371
Drying ovens	No	1	686	686
Shearing machine	No	1	376	376
Bristles spiking machines	No	1	246	246
Total	2,749

 

2. Production and Operation costs

Cost Item	Units	Unit cost/ day	Qty/ day	Prod. Cost/ day	Prod. Cost/ month	Prod Cost/ Year
Direct costs:
Bristles	Sticks	0.15	100	15	400	4,800
Handles	Pieces	0.35	100	35	900	10,800
MC Sheets	Sheets	0.20	50	10	259	3,108
Wire nails	No	0.04	200	8	200	2,400
Peal Pins	No	0.06	200	11	290	3,480

 

Vulcanizing Solution	Litres	0.23	50	12	300	3,600
Sub-total	2,349	28,188
General costs (Overheads)
Labour	400	4,800
Utilities	500	6,000
Selling and Distribution	150	1,800
Administrative expenses	200	2,400
Shelter	400	4,800
Depreciation (Asset write off) Expenses	57	687.25
Sub-total	1,707	20,487
Total Operating Costs	4056	48675

Production is assumed for 312 days per year. Depreciation assumes 4 year life of assets written off at 25% per year for all assets. A production Month is assumed to have 26 work days.

3. Project Product costs and Price Structure in US $

Item	Qty /day	Qty/ yr	Unit Cost	Prod/ yr	Unit price	Total/revenue
Brushes	100	31,200	2	48,675	4	124,800

 

4. Profitability Analysis Table

Profitability Item	Per day	Per Month	Per Year
Revenue	400	10,400	124,800
Less: Production and Operating Costs	156	4,056	48,675
Profit	244	6,344	76,125