Superyacht Painting and Repaint

KRM Yacht paints and repaints superyachts up to 110 metres at our yard in Tuzla, Istanbul. The work runs from a local paint repair or an antifouling renewal at haul-out to a full strip, fairing and repaint of hull and superstructure. Full repaints are sprayed in a covered paint shed built around the yacht, in controlled temperature and humidity, with recorded environmental readings, DFT checks at every stage and FROSIO certified inspection.

Repaint Under Cover, Winter Included

We do not work from a fixed paint hall. Once she is hauled out on the 900-ton lift and blocked on the hard, our team puts an enclosure up around her, built to her own length, beam and air draft. Scaffolding goes up inside it, so the paint team reaches every panel from the boot top to the mast.

Inside the enclosure, the temperature and the humidity are held at the levels the paint manufacturer sets for the system going on: epoxy primer, fairing compound, high-build and topcoat. Rain, wind and cold stay outside. An Istanbul winter does not stop a full repaint here.

The enclosure comes down once the last coat has cured.

Luxury yacht being lifted by crane during refit project at KRM Yacht shipyard
Yacht refit technical drawing – engineering plan for luxury yacht refurbishment

Inspection and the Coating Record

Before the first coat is sprayed, the temperature and the humidity inside the enclosure are read and written into the coating record. Each coat that follows, primer, high-build and topcoat, is measured with a DFT gauge as it builds, and the readings are logged against the paint manufacturer's data sheet. FROSIO certified inspection covers the preparation, the readings and the film build at every stage, so a thin patch is found before the next coat covers it.

Typical outcomes

  • Uniform gloss and colour across large visible areas
  • Coating build matched to the selected system and service exposure
  • Clean detailing around fittings, apertures and cut-outs
  • Reduced avoidable rework through controlled preparation and recorded paint inspection points
Yacht refit technical drawing – engineering plan for luxury yacht refurbishment

What We Paint

The paint team takes on the following work on yachts up to 110 metres. Antifouling and the underwater hull need the haul-out, so we take that work on yachts up to 70 metres.

  • Full Repaint

  • Full Fairing

  • Antifouling

  • Paint Stripping

  • Grit Blasting

  • Hydro Blasting

  • Epoxy Priming

  • High-Build Primer

  • Topcoat Application

  • Running Gear Coating

  • Corrosion Protection & Repairs

  • Surface Treatments

  • Local Paint Repairs

  • Retouches & Touch-Ups

  • Detailing

  • Internal & External Varnishing

  • Refinishing

  • Spray & Brush Lacquer

  • Sanding

  • Primer Application

  • Paint Surveys

  • Airless Spray Application

  • Polishing & Compounding

  • Tank Treatments

  • Anti-Corrosion Treatment

  • Waxing

  • Selected Area Repairs

    Frequently Asked Questions

    1Can a full repaint run through an Istanbul winter?
    It does. She is hauled out and blocked on the hard, our team builds the enclosure around her, and every coat goes on inside it at the temperature and humidity the paint system needs. The weather stays on the outside of the enclosure.
    2Is she painted in a fixed hall, or is the cover built around her?
    The cover is built around her. Once she is on blocks, our team puts up an enclosure to her own length, beam and air draft. The paint team, the scaffolding and the inspector work inside that enclosure until the last coat has cured.
    3How long does a full exterior repaint take?
    It depends on her length, on the state of the coating she arrives with and on how much fairing she needs. From the list above: two complete exterior repaints, on a 49.2 m and a 52 m, each ran 24 weeks inside a wider yard period. A 65 m complete repaint with interior work ran 9 months. A 42 m exterior paint repair ran 12 weeks. Send us her details through the quote form. We ask for photographs of her paint today and her last paint survey if you have one, and come back with the weeks for her.
    4Do we see the paint inspection record?
    The coating record is kept through the job: the temperature and the humidity readings before and during spraying, the DFT readings coat by coat, and the FROSIO inspection at each stage. Tell us before work starts who on your side wants to see it and when, and we agree that with you.
    5Can you lift her for a repaint, or does she stay alongside?
    The 900-ton lift takes her to 70 metres, and it works from her lifting displacement, not her length; the beam limit is 10.3 metres and the draft limit 5 metres. Within that she comes out and is blocked on the hard for the repaint. Above it she works afloat alongside at the repair quays, which take her to 110 metres. The antifouling and the underwater hull are haul-out work. Send us her figures and we confirm which way she goes before the dates are agreed.
    6Can you renew the antifouling without a full repaint?
    Yes. Antifouling is a haul-out job on its own. She comes out on the lift and is blocked. The underwater hull is washed down, then sanded or blasted back where the old antifouling has failed. Primer goes on where the surface is bare, then the new antifouling, with the running gear coated in the same haul-out. The topsides are not touched unless you ask for a paint repair while she is out.
    7How do you price a repaint?
    From the coating, not from her length alone. We look at the paint she has now, on board if she is at the yard, or from photographs and her last paint survey if she is not. Then we agree the worklist with you: what is stripped, what is faired, which primer and topcoat system goes on. The quotation follows that worklist. Send her details through the quote form and we start there.

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    Discuss the Next Yard Period with KRM Yacht

    A refit quotation starts with three things: her main dimensions and lifting displacement, the worklist as it stands today, and the weeks you want her back in service. Send those to our project team through the quote form. Our project team reads the worklist, tells you what we would want to survey on board, and comes back with a first read on the work and the weeks. The quotation and the schedule to redelivery follow once she has been surveyed and the worklist is agreed.

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