ALUMINUM & STEEL
The best-performing coatings on the market for a metal hull.
Aluminum owners come to us because we have the products that work on aluminum, not the ones that merely survive it.
Cuprous oxide is what costs you a hull
Most antifouling is built on cuprous oxide. Put it on an aluminum hull, drop the boat in salt water, and you have built a galvanic cell.
Your hull is the anode. The paint does not corrode. The boat does.
Stays in the water
Hempel Silic One. The best bottom coating there is, and on metal there is a second reason for it — no copper and no biocide at all.
It removes the conflict rather than managing it. Growth struggles to grip it, it self-cleans as you run, and Hempel service life on the hull is two years.
The boat comes out, or you want conventional antifouling
Sea Hawk Colorkote. Ablative, self-polishing, and designed for aluminum hulls. It is built on cuprous thiocyanate rather than cuprous oxide — a copper compound formulated for aluminum, without the galvanic reaction.
Sea Hawk state it can be hauled for extended periods and relaunched without affecting its antifouling properties. If your boat spends months on the hard, that is not a small thing.
We also apply International Trilux 33, built on the same cuprous thiocyanate and formulated specifically for aluminum hulls. It is tin-free, and International rate it for up to 18 months of fouling protection. The two are basically the same, and we will tell you which one your boat is getting and why.
The prep is where metal jobs are won
A bare aluminum hull needs the full build. Abrasion, etch, a heavy primer build, then the antifouling — each stage inside the manufacturer overcoating window.
A recoat over sound paint repeats none of that. You are not paying for etch and primer again.
We will tell you which job yours is when the boat comes out, before we start.
WRITTEN WARRANTY
We warrant the product, our workmanship and the adhesion.
Twelve months, in writing, from the day the boat goes back in the water. We reapply the affected area with no charge for materials or labor, and we cover the haul-out and the relaunch at our yard. It transfers to the next owner if you sell.
Tell us the boat.
We will tell you what it costs.
Free for every customer
A complimentary 18-point inspection
An expert technician tests the boat’s systems and writes up every point as Excellent, Good, Monitor, Attention or Critical — a written report telling you what is sound, what to keep an eye on, and what has to be dealt with before it goes back in the water. Free with every job.
EXCELLENT
GOOD
MONITOR
ATTENTION
CRITICAL
