Yachting Pages Refit Guide 2018-2019

24 What makes the painting of your yacht a success? The paint process of a yacht is regarded as one of the most sensitive areas of a yacht refit, due to the differing opinions & expectations of the parties involved. In today’s demanding environments and extreme conditions, we feel the success of a good refit paint work comes down to a few key elements as follows: Management Management is one of the most important aspects, it includes liaising with your paint crew on board, shipyard staff, owner and the owner’s representative(s). This ensures a direct line of communication to all parties regarding planning, organisation, production and budget. Quality assurance/Quality control QA and QC are key to the client, inspector and the applicator. It includes ensuring all the parameters are met before the painted areas are presented to the client. During the job, weekly digital, technical and cosmetic reporting of the paint system are carried out on board. The reports are then compared to the pre-agreed acceptance criteria at the beginning of the project between client, inspector and applicator. Choice of product Not always seen as an important aspect across the industry but it is very important for us, as it is always good to discuss at the start all the benefits of different paint products to suit the yacht and the client’s “ The paint process of a yacht is regarded as one of the most sensitive areas of a yacht refit” Chasan Kalfoglou CEO T: +49 (0)1 62 24 92 49 00 E: kiel@finishing-deluxe.de www.finishing-deluxe.com

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