Mimetika develops advanced exterior surface systems for yachts and superyachts, combining color transformation, surface protection and long-term performance — the Mimetika Exterior Surface System, powered by ColorFlex technology.
A complete system that combines marine-grade TPU film, technical surface preparation, a certified application process, real superyacht experience, and long-term maintenance support.
Than traditional repainting.
No heavy shipyard impact.
Return to the original finish whenever you choose.
Resists minor scratches and swirl marks.
Built for the marine environment.
Fewer polishing cycles required.
PVC needs plasticizers to stay flexible. Under sun and heat, those plasticizers migrate out: the material shrinks, edges lift, overlaps open up, and the colour shifts. TPU has no plasticizers to lose. The difference already shows up during installation: PVC only stretches when heated and has memory — it tends to pull back — while TPU is worked cold, stretches far more, and is noticeably harder to puncture or cut.
It's the question we're always asked, and it's a fair one — on most of the work you see out there, the answer is yes. That's because PVC overlaps, and it shrinks in the sun: the overlap pulls taut, the edge lifts, and after a couple of seasons you can count the panels from a distance. Our TPU doesn't overlap — it's butt-welded edge to edge. From a metre away, you can't tell where one panel ends and the next begins.
A full repaint typically costs five to eight times more than wrapping. And the comparison doesn't stop there: paint requires a booth or tent, fume extraction, scaffolding and masking, and the yard's fixed costs run for the whole period. With wrapping, none of that applies.
It depends on shape and surface complexity more than square metres, so there's no standard timeframe. One real reference: on the Mangusta 108 JFF, we wrapped the entire exterior — hull and superstructure — in twelve working days. An equivalent repaint is measured in months.
In most cases, it's PVC. The plasticizers that keep it flexible migrate out under sun and heat, and the material shrinks. If the panels were overlapped, the overlap is always the first point to pull loose.
Anyone stepping aboard forms an opinion in thirty seconds, looking at the stern and the topsides. What they notice becomes a discount in negotiation — and the work almost always costs less than the discount you'd otherwise concede.