HOW IT WORKS
The Titon Pour System is built on direct observation and engineering refinement. Here's the science behind every kit.
SEE THE ENGINEERING IN ACTION
Our video library demonstrates the science behind the system. Do not just take our word for it – watch the results for yourself.
The Physics of Flow
See how our low-viscosity resin behaves like a liquid search engine, penetrating every 60-grit scratch and microscopic crevice in your hull to ensure both a mechanical and a chemical bond with the existing GRP substrate.
Managed Exotherm and Structural Grid
The resin flows searching out every nook and cranny, while the centre is monitored for heat.
Precision Application: The Wing Scoop
Structural integrity does not stop at the centre of the transom. We show you how to use our specialist filling scoop to ensure all transom wings are packed.
THE SCIENCE OF THE BOND: TITON VS. THE REST
The Invisible Failure: Standard Polyester Shrinkage
Standard resins fail in ways you cannot see once the transom is closed. To prove this, we filled two identical glasses — one with a standard polyester mix and the other with our Titon pour. The results tell you everything you need to know:
With standard polyester, you lose 5% of your material to evaporation (VOCs). As it cures, it shrinks and pulls away. In a boat, this creates a physical gap between the core and the hull.
The Titon glass remains 100% full, bonded, and dense.
The Chisel Test: The Activator Advantage
We place two identical size blobs of resin on a sanded glass fibre surface to simulate a real-world repair.
Standard Polyester resin on an untreated surface — exactly like standard DIY pours.
Our premium Vinyl Ester Titon Pour on a surface treated with our Titon Activator.
The Result: Under the chisel, the standard resin pops off the surface instantly. The Titon pour has chemically "woken up" the old glass fibre, creating a molecular weld. The resin doesn't just sit on the surface — it becomes part of it.
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.
THE WAVE STRIKE REALITY: WHY THE BOND MATTERS
When your boat strikes a wave at 30 knots, the torque from the engine sends a shockwave through the transom.
With a standard pour:
Shrinkage gaps allow the core to flex independently of the hull skin, sometimes causing a rattle. Because the bond is purely mechanical – and may be partially absent, as shown in the glass test – sustained vibration gradually shears the core away from the hull, leading to delamination and potential structural failure.
With Titon:
The Titon Surface Activator and near-zero-shrinkage vinyl ester chemistry mean there is no gap. Every wave strike is absorbed by millions of pultruded GRP spines and distributed evenly across a chemically welded surface. The system is built to take the hit.
Titon is built to take the hit.
Standard Pour Failure — External Reference