Surface preparation & coatings · Middelburg, NL
Blasting, fairing and finish work on ships and yachts, by a team with two decades in the trade. We come to your yard, take the hull from first blast to final coat, and hand it back on the date we agreed.
Latest project
Hull preparation and coating on a vessel in dry dock, with the crew working the full height of the hull from the dock floor to the sheer. Below waterline, boot top and topsides, all handled by our own team.
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Our work
Preparation, fairing and finish work carried out by the people who now make up KVH. This is what the team brings to your vessel.
Blasting
Blasting is where a coating job is won. We take the surface back to clean, profiled metal. Old paint, rust, mill scale and weld residue all come off, so the new system has something solid to hold onto. On new build we blast the sections once the welding is complete and carry them straight through to primer.
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What we do
Our own team covers the whole sequence, from the first blast to the final coat. Nothing is handed to an outside contractor halfway through, so responsibility never gets divided.
Stripping the surface back to sound, profiled substrate. Every coat above it depends on this one.
Where the shape is made. Filler applied and boarded back by hand until the surface is flat to a straight edge.
The full system sprayed in sequence and in the right conditions by our own coatings team, working to the specification agreed at survey.
What we coat
Four zones, four coating systems, four different sets of problems. We work on all of them and quote them separately, so you can see where the money goes.
Deckhouse, mast and rails. Fine finish work, tight masking, the most visible surfaces on the vessel.
The long flat sides above the waterline, where fairing decides whether the reflection runs straight.
The stripe at the waterline. Narrow, geometric and unforgiving, and everyone notices when it wanders.
Antifouling removal, blast, barrier system and fresh antifoul. Nobody sees it and everything depends on it.
The build-up
This is the complete build for a topside repaint. Not every vessel needs every layer. The system is chosen for the substrate, the condition of the surface and the specification, and we tell you which layers your hull needs after the survey. Pick a layer to see what it does.
Substrate at the base · not to scale
Layers and thicknesses vary by vessel and specification
Why KVH
Coatings contractors are easy to find. Contractors that finish on the agreed date, to the agreed standard, with no surprises in between are not.
Blasting, fairing and spraying are three different trades, and each is staffed by people who do that work every day. All of them are ours. No second contractor inherits somebody else's preparation, and there is never an argument about who puts it right.
Our people learned this trade on working ships and yachts across Europe. That shows up in the details: edges, radiuses, cut lines and the parts of a hull where inexperience is obvious to anyone who knows what to look for.
We arrive with our own team, wherever the vessel is. No local hiring, no unfamiliar hands on your customer's hull, and no waiting while somebody assembles a team around your dates.
Where the specification calls for it we record application conditions and take dry film thickness readings, handed over on completion for your warranty file. Ask at quote stage and it's built into the price.
Request a quote
Send the vessel, the scope and the window you need covered. We come back with a price and a straight answer on your dates.