COATINGS
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successfully formulated out of the current paint systems. The regulations continue to evolve from year to year and this is a good thing for everybody.” He says, “As a company MAP Yachting has always formulated with a target to minimise the risk to both the environment and to the paint applicators, using the least harmful components necessary for the performance required. We are now trying to remove all carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (CMR) materials from our paint systems, whilst still preserving their technical properties.”
Product Manager, at Hempel, Chris Toole thinks change is inevitable. He says, “Obviously the major red flag chemicals have been regulated for years but as we move towards a more sustainable future it is almost guaranteed that there will be more and more controls put in place, which as, along as they are done for the right reasons to create a positive impact, is no bad thing. We already see a drive towards lower VOCs so being waterbased is clearly in the future scope for topcoats, and indeed other parts of the system. Best available practices will also become more prevalent, we have already seen an increase in electrostatic spraying to reduce overspray and thus emissions to the air. Films and foils have been used for a long time, where the coating is applied in a control and capture process and the dried film is applied to the substrate.”
The saltwater environment is a harsh one. But it’s far from the only situation where a paint finish can be pushed to its
limits. Industrial machinery is tested by heat and friction on a daily basis. Automobile interiors must withstand scorching UV rays and owner negligence, and still return to showroom condition after years of use. Passenger airplanes must retain their exterior integrity and lustre despite abrupt changes in atmospheric pressure, and temperature swings of up to 100 degrees with each take-off and landing.
For over 100 years, German paint manufacturers Mankiewicz have been involved in the development of technologically advanced products that protect machinery, car interiors and wide-body commercial airliners. Within the past several years, Mankiewicz has applied this advanced technology to a new set of products specifically designed for fibreglass, steel and aluminium yachts. This combined with over 150 years of combined experience, and research and development effort has led to Alexseal, a complete set of premium paint products that combines quality pigments, solvents, resins, ultraviolet resistors and agents to create superyacht topcoats. With laboratories in both Germany and the United States working to adapt to today’s breakthrough research to the yacht market, can expect to see even more innovative products coming down the line. Research and development teams are constantly working throughout the superyacht paint and applications industry seeking out new technologies that will shape its future. Application techniques, robotic application and improved aesthetics have all been noted in recent times, and we can expect this innovation to continue year after year.
In the world of fashion Haute Couture, the wedding dress is considered to be of the highest order. These creations in exclusive custom-fitted clothing, constructed by hand from start to finish, using high-quality materials, are said to be at the pinnacle of the trade. Topcoats for superyachts are equally fastidious and while over the years all colours will dull a little and become less bright than the initial application, with a white paint, this effect is less visible. And perhaps that’s a very good reason why a lot of superyachts are wedding cake white!
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