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Over the coming months we'll be publishing a series of articles designed to help you, the boater, use our products to achieve truly professional quality results.
Use the articles in conjunction with our boat painting guide as the most comprehensive help resource available. |
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| Antifouling Made Easy |
When it comes to antifouling some boaters always seem to have better results than others. Find out in this article how to make sure you get the best results from your next antifouling job. |
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| Striping with Perfection or Brightside |
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This might appear on the face of it to be an odd topic, as doesn’t everyone know how to paint a simple stripe? Well it seems this is possibly not the case. |
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| Stern Drive Units |
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You’ve all seen the problem, a clean hull but a stern drive unit covered in slime, weed or worse still hard shell growth. Not a good sight and one that frustrates many boaties. The reason for this is that Stern Drive Units create their own micro environment and therefore their own unique problems. |
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| Varnishing - How to Achieve the Ultimate Finish |
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We have all stood back at some stage and admired the gleaming varnish work on someone’s boat and thought how do they do it? Well it is not that difficult and just requires a lot of patience. The final finish obtained will be rewarding and is a challenge to the mind and the spirit. |
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| Whether to paint depends on the Weather |
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When to paint and when not to is an important choice if perfect finishes are required. This article will try to explain in simplistic terminology what humidity and dew point is and how they inter-relate. |
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| Make the Smart Choice and Spend More Time Boating |
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The International two-step process makes boat-paint maintenance easy. |
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| Painting with a one part finish. Yes, You Can Repaint Your Boat By Roger Marshall |
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How often have you looked at your boat and wished it were another colour? Or looked at your boat and thought that the topsides looked faded and worn? If you have, are you daunted by the cost? Repainting the topsides of a boat can cost thousands of dollars, but there is an easier way... |
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| Repairing Scratches and Dings in Your Boat |
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If you have ever dinged or scratched your boat or had a minor accident you’ve probably had to take it to a yard to get repairs made. You can however do the job yourself at a considerable cost savings. |
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| Painting a non-skid deck |
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A deck demands a tough coating to protect it from the damaging effects of foot traffic, anchors and other gear that descend upon it. |
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| Making a grating for your boat |
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Have you ever wished that you could have a teak grating in the cockpit, or thought that the shower grating needs to be replaced? You can also use a grating as the basis for other items such as a coffee table, or even chairs for use in the cockpit of a sport fishing boat. If you have, you can easily make your own grating. |
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| How to do justice to your boat's brightwork |
Learn all the trade secrets for obtaining a great varnish finish and gain insight into the makeup and characteristics of varnish and it's various formulations.
With hints and tips on avoiding the common mistakes and advice on what equipment to use, everything you need to know is contained here |
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| Rebuilding a Transom |
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If your boat has a problem with a leaky or rotted transom, you can rebuild it at home without special tools or a huge building. The major part of the job is removing the old wood and cutting new plywood or foam to fit. This is not nearly so difficult as it sounds (provided you don’t mind getting covered with fiberglass). |
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 | | Datasheets, sales outlets and lots of useful boat maintenance information packed into an easy to use CD. Click here to order |
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