All relevant information for Captains about paint are here! This can be among others articles about Acceptance criteria, Managing expectations, Final Surveys and Warranty Surveys for Refits and New Builds as well as maintaining the paint of a superyacht.

More than a pretty picture 

7 November 2017|Captains, CCS News, Yards|

The painting of a superyacht accounts for up to fifteen per cent of the cost of every new build and requires enormous expertise to get right. As independent expert Paul Bournas explains below, the room for error is very small with this highly visible part of a vessel. Founded over two decades ago in Holland, CCS Coating Consultants for Superyachts [...]

Paint Fact | What is orange peel?

14 April 2017|Captains, CCS News, Paint Facts, Yards|

Orange peel Orange peel is a coating characteristic resulting in a surface appearance like the skin of an orange. You can see Orange peel on high gloss surfaces as a wavy pattern of light and dark areas. Depending on the slope of the structure element, the light is reflected in various directions. Only the elements reflecting the light in the [...]

Paint facts | What is… colour?

10 January 2017|Captains, CCS News, Paint Facts, Yards|

When building or repainting a yacht, having the same colour on the entire yacht is important. But what is colour, why, when and how do we measure this during our inspections? WHAT is colour? Colour is a visual perception. It’s dependent on peoples colour sensitivity and environmental conditions such as light. We say that colour perception depends on three main factors: [...]

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