Repairing BG diapers

[GirlMorg]

I have started repairing all the elastic on my BG diapers (yeah!).

I repair them the "right" way.  I removed part of the seam, changed the elastic and hand sewd the seam back.

You can't even tell I repaired them.  They look GREAT!  No cuts in the fleece or anything (some repairers cut the fleece when they do their repairs).

Anyway, I was thinking of repairing them for money.  The problem is that it took me FOREVER to do the two diapers I have done so far (have have eight left to repair).  I think it took about three to four hours a diaper.  I think I can get faster once I do more of them.

I was wondering.  If I charge for shipping both ways.  How much additional should I charge for repairing each diaper?

How much would you pay to have your diapers repaired?

How long would you allow a mom to have your diapers before you demand they send them back?  I was thinking of asking for a week to do a repair.  Most moms will probably send all their diapers at once (to save on shipping) and I guess that most moms would have a dozen or two to send.

Please let me know what you think.  I had one mom suggest I charge $1 for each piece of elastic.  So if you wanted all three pieces of elastic repaired then it would be $3 a diaper.  If you only wanted the legs done then it would be $2 a diaper.

I am hoping to get my timing down to 30 minutes a piece of elastic.  So yes, we are looking at $2 an hour.  But I feel if I can help another mom out then that would be great.

So I guess I was wondering how much you would pay or how much I should charge to do a repair.