TITON VS. THE OLD WAYS
For decades there were only two options: pay a boatyard thousands, or risk a bucket pour. Here's how Titon changes everything.
FULL COMPARISON: TITON VS. THE OLD WAYS
| Feature | The Titon Pour System | Traditional Board | Standard Bucket Pour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installation Method | Liquid Pour (Keeps factory finish) | Cut, grind, and rebuild outer skin | Liquid Pour |
| Fit to Curved Hull | 100% Perfect Custom Fit | Poor (Leaves hidden air voids) | Good, but shrinks away |
| Shrinkage & Mass Loss | Near Zero (>99.5% retained) | N/A (Solid board) | High (5% loss, leaves gaps) |
| Bond Type | Chemical Weld via Titon Surface Activator (PATENT PENDING) | Bedding Putty (Prone to shearing) | Mechanical only (Pops off) |
| Exotherm (Heat) Control | Calculated Lifts (Zero cracking) | N/A | Guesswork (High crack risk) |
| Structural Backbone | Up to 20,000,000 pultruded GRP spines | Flat Board & Fibreglass Layers | Random chopped glass fibre |
| Rot Resistance | 100% Waterproof | Plywood rots / Coosa can delaminate | 100% Waterproof |
| Labour Time | 1 Weekend | 2–4 Weeks of heavy labour | 1 Weekend |
TITON VS. TRADITIONAL BOARD REPLACEMENT
For decades, replacing a transom meant cutting out the back of a boat, grinding everything down, and attempting to fit a rigid flat board against an uneven curved hull. Whether you use marine plywood or modern composite alternatives such as foam board, the traditional method is a major, highly skilled, and error-prone undertaking. Here is why the Titon Pour System makes board replacement a thing of the past.
01Factory Finish Preserved
Board Repair
You cut away the GRP skin, wrestle heavy boards into position, and spend weeks rebuilding and fairing the fibreglass outer surface. This is major surgery with significant risk and cost.
The Titon Way
The outer GRP skin is temporarily removed to clean out the old wood or foam core. After the pultruded rebar grid is installed the original outer skin is reattached and the vinyl ester pour is completed — your hollowed-out transom acting as the perfect mould. Your boat retains its factory geometry. Repaint or re-gelcoat to finish.
02The "Flat Board, Curved Boat" Problem
Board Repair
Boat transoms are rarely perfectly flat inside. Pressing a rigid flat board against an uneven or curved hull inevitably creates air pockets and voids. Builders attempt to compensate with large amounts of bedding putty, but hidden gaps almost always remain, creating structural weak points.
The Titon Way
A liquid pour conforms exactly to any internal geometry. There are no air pockets and no hidden voids.
03Rot Resistance and Long-Term Integrity
Board Repair
Marine plywood will eventually rot again. Foam board does not rot, but it relies on manual fibreglass lamination that can delaminate under the sustained vibration of modern outboard engines.
The Titon Way
With our premium vinyl ester chemistry and up to 20,000,000 pultruded GRP spines, the cured core is a solid, waterproof monolith. It cannot rot, cannot absorb water, and distributes the stress of wave strikes evenly across the entire transom.
04Time and Labour
Board Repair
Templating, cutting, laminating multiple layers of heavy board, clamping, and hand-laminating fibreglass typically takes two to four weeks of exhausting, itchy, physically demanding work.
The Titon Way
Once the original outer skin is prepped and reattached, the Titon installation follows a straightforward numbered 1-2-3 pour sequence that can be completed in a single weekend.