Grand Kit
Code du produit: PSLKIT
Grâce à sa couche de finition ultra-lisse, Propspeed est spécialement conçu pour empêcher l'adhérence des organismes marins sur les surfaces métalliques en dessous de la ligne de flottaison. Il est établi qu'il augmente les performances du bateau, réduit la traînée et permet d'économiser du carburant et des frais d'entretien. Ce qui le caractérise est la liaison chimique et mécanique exceptionnellement forte entre le support métallique, le primaire d'accroche Etching Primer et la couche transparente Clear Coat, qui garantit une réelle adhérence du revêtement Propspeed sur votre système de propulsion, préservant ses performances saison après saison.
De plus, Propspeed réduit le risque de corrosion en isolant électriquement le métal ainsi qu'en limitant les échanges entre les ions et les gaz contenus dans l'eau et le métal. En bref, sans réaction, il n'y a pas de corrosion!
Là où l'utilisation du système Propspeed est le plus efficace est sur les hélices, les arbres d'hélice, les chaises d’arbre, les safrans, les flaps, les echangeurs thermiques, les propulseurs d'étrave et de poupe, les propulseurs omnidirectionnels, les saildrives et autres pièces métalliques immergées.
Dans le kit:
1 Propclean
Dans Propclean, l'alcool dénaturé garantit que la surface métallique est totalement exempte de contaminants. Pour vous faciliter la tâche, vous trouverez 4 lingettes dans le kit préemballé de la solution Propclean.
2 Propprep
Propprep est essentiel pour la préparation chimique de la surface métallique à revêtir avec Propspeed. Pour vous faciliter la tâche, vous trouverez une lingette dans la solution Propprep préemballée.
3a&b Etching Primer Base & Hardener
Dans ce kit : 2 × 240 ml d'Etching Primer Base, la base primaire, et 2 × 60 ml d'Etching Primer Hardener, le durcisseur. Etching Primer est à l'origine de l'étincelante couleur dorée. De leur association est né l'un des meilleurs primaires d'accrochage sous-marin du marché. Réputé pour son adhérence constante et sa résistance à la corrosion.
GUIDE DE COUVERTURE:
1x HÉLICE
- d'une taille de 119 à 142 cm, soit 47 à 56".
2x HÉLICES
- d'une taille de 79 à 117 cm, soit 31 à 46".
Surface
- La surface recouverte sera d'environ 3,4 m2/36,6 pieds carrés.
Comment l'appliquer?
"Propspeed really adds something to the industry, protecting your running gear and propellers and increasing fuel efficiency. To us, it’s a no-brainer. Why wouldn’t you use it?"
Études de cas
A Golden Opportunity
- Propspeed
- Lightspeed
- Bateau à Moteur
- Voilier
- Navires commerciaux et super yachts
- Témoignages
"When people saw that Propspeed was working, I couldn’t keep it on the shelf."
Summary
Ben White fell in love with Costa Rica back in 2002 then decided to offer visiting yachties the same full range of products and services available in the United States, including Propspeed.
About
Ben White has been the owner of Bristol Professional Yacht Refinishing Services in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, for 16 years, specializing in full paint and woodwork on production and custom yachts of all sizes. He also operates Bristol Marine Supply at Los
Suenos Marina and is Costa Rica’s sole Propspeed distributor.
“We have 25 guys—three in our office and four in the marine store—so 29 total,” he says. “Five full-time applicators and bottom-crew members. We’re very busy!”
Ben began learning his craft at a young age, working alongside his father at Bristol Conditioning in Fort Lauderdale. He would later name his business after his dad’s, applying the same “ship shape and Bristol fashion” work ethic as
well.
In 2002, Hatteras Yachts sent Ben to Costa Rica to refinish one of their 65-footers. There he met the owner of Los Suenos Resort and Marina, and the two formed their own business in 2003. “Costa Rica was just the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen and offers some of the best fishing in the world, to this day.”
Once word about Costa Rica got out, “all of the new custom boats and yachts came here by the boatload—literally.” Naturally, Ben decided to stay, a decision that has since proven to be a very good call.
“All the new custom sport fishing boats you read about in magazines are coming to Costa Rica for our exceptional billfishing and beautiful landscapes. Costa Rica has also become one of the few places in the world where you can have all the amenities
of the United States in Central America,” he says. “You can have your yacht or sport fisher completely refit from bow to stern, just like in the States, no questions asked. We have everything you could ask for in the US in Costa Rica now.”
Including Propspeed.
“I first started using Propspeed in 2012, if I had to guess. This was when it was a fairly new product and not many people wanted to spend the money on something that wasn’t proven yet.” But Ben was a believer from the beginning: “We really pushed people to use it. After we did a few boats, we would take them out once every year or every other year. When people saw that Propspeed was working, I couldn’t keep it on the shelf.”
Around that time, Ben met Propspeed’s Clint Jones and Mark Billingsley at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show and encouraged them to establish a Propspeed distributorship in Central America. “We’re marketing Propspeed in Central
America now and we’ve sponsored three tournaments so far.”
“Since we’ve been distributors—in January [2019] it will be two years—we’ve sold over 250 liter kits. More than that. Probably close to 300, about 150 kits a year. That’s 150 boats in two years! That’s a lot of boats for what we do.” Ben estimates that each application uses two to three liters of product. “We do about 75 boats a year with Propspeed. We’ve gone through over 300 kits in the last two years.”
Ben sees Propspeed as an important part of bottom paint, a necessity rather than a nice-to-have. “I can’t stress enough how important it is. It definitely helps boats be more fuel-efficient,” he says. “I’ve seen some boats
where their load has gone down five to 10 percent on the motors and some boats have gained 1 to 2 knots, so the price of the product is definitely paid for by how much fuel they save.
“Propspeed is not only good for propellers; this is what people need to understand. We put it on everything, for example: brass steering ramps. It keeps them from oxidating and it lasts. We put it on all intake screens and strainer baskets. It’s also good for any metal on the bottom of a boat—stainless steel, brass, bronze. We use it on trim tabs, lifting brackets, and on swim steps.” And now that it’s on the market, Ben highly recommends Lightspeed for underwater lights as well.
Ben first heard about Propspeed from some of his yacht painter colleagues in Fort Lauderdale. “Everybody in the industry talks,” he says, and boy was he glad they did. In the generous spirit of marine industry camaraderie, Ben also likes to
spread the good word—and the proper technique.
“Before, a lot of people in the States didn’t know how to apply it properly. They didn’t know how to do it properly here either; that’s why I had to go do training in the US, so I could teach everybody here how to properly apply the product. Now it’s a proven product and it’s showing results. You have to Propstrip or grind it to get it off, even after two years. This stuff really made a difference.”
"When people saw that Propspeed was working, I couldn’t keep it on the shelf."
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