06.05.08
AUTO EXPRESS BEST BUY AWARD 2008!

Collinite No 476s has been awarded BEST POLISH 2008 by Auto Express. Collinite won the 'best polish' category against tough competition from market leaders including Autoglym and Meguirs.

Collinite 476s is available to buy through our online shop in a choice of 9 or 18 fl.oz cans.

01.03.08
Auto Express Product Test

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Collinite Wax products have been featured in the March edition of Auto Express. Collinite No 4765 has been nominated BEST BUY 2008 and awarded 5 Stars.

Download the PDF to read the complete article and find out what Auto Express had to say about Collinite products!

18.12.08
The Mainsail Review - "Collinite wax products do a good job"

A range of Collinte Products get a positive review from themailsail.com

"The idea of using two treatments for the whole of the hull was a bit daunting, though, so I tried Collinite's No 870, “special heavy duty Fleetwax for marine and aeronautical finishes,” for the rest of the topsides. This claims to “clean, protect and beautify” marine finishes in a single application... ...Again, the results were really impressive."

Read the full Article here

01.09.07
Mini World Review

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Collinite Wax products have been featured in the September edition Mini World. The monthly magazine for Mini enthusiasts. Mini World reviewed 2 products; No.915 & No.476s.

Download the PDF to read the complete article and find out what Mini World had to say about Collinite products!

11.07.07
Anglia Afloat Article

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Shipshape and Collinite products have recently been published in Anglia Afloat. Download the PDF to read the full article!

30.05.07
Haven Marina Open Day, Lowestoft, Suffolk

We had successful day promoting Shipshape and the Collinite product range at the Haven Marina open day in Lowestoft, Suffolk. Here we are with Beach FM's mascot!

Sat 16th June - 17th June from 10am
Lowestoft Haven Marina
School Lane
Lowestoft
Suffolk
www.lowestofthavenmarina.co.uk

22.02.07
Motor Boat Monthly Review

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The beauty of owning a twenty-year-old boat (if there is one) is that I always have a ready place to test new cleaning products. The faded gelcoat of my Bayliner is looking a bit like patchwork quilt with each new cleaner getting it’s own six inches to either impress or fall flat on it’s face. Over the ;ast few years I have tested products specifically designed to bring the shine back to old and faded gelcoats, and until now, £M’s ‘Fibreglass cleaner and wax’ has been the one to beat.

For the last few months I had had a range of products from Collinite sitting on my desk, so obviously I chose the wettest and windiest day in January to try them out. First up was Collinite’s No. 920 Fibreglass Boat Cleaner. It says on the bottle that it removes dirt, film, oxidation, oil, grease, rust and exhaust stains and restores the gelcoat to it’s original colour. And from the results, it does a pretty good job too.

In fact, I was impressed enough to dig out the £M, and polish up another patch next to it as a comparison. The result was that there was little difference between the two, so No. 920 gets a big thumbs up for it’s performance.

Unlike the £M product, Collinite’s 920 doesn’t have a built in wax, but Collinite also produces a range of waxes that are said to be used in the tough extremes of the aeronautical industry, to they should be more than adequate in doing the task.

While I had the polishing cloth out, I gave the No. 855 Leather and Vinyl Wax a bash. No. 855 is a cleaner, polisher and preserver in one, and although it didn’t bring the grubby white vinyl back to ‘as new’, it did remove the worst of the grime with very little effort. Its preserving qualities alone are good enough reason to use the stuff, considering the salt and UV laden environments to which we continually expose our cockpit upholstery.

10.01.2007
Shipshape gets a new look...

Following the success and expansion of Shipshape's online shop, we decided it was time to give the whole website an overhaul for 2007.

The original site was developed in collaboration with Lingo Design so we asked them to come up with a completely new design which would allow for even more new products & look great.

We are pleased to say the new site is now live and full operational with our secure shopping cart facility.

22.11.06
Collinite Magazine Feature - the benefits of continual use!

Collinite has once again been the focus of attention with this article about the benefits of continual use of Collinite products.

See the full article here: www.collinite.com/news.htm

25.05.06
Collinite Fleetwax Paste Shines Best in Boat-Wax Exposure Test

Collinite products just keep on giving the best results, and winning the best reviews in product tests.

This time, the folks at Great Cove Boat Club tested 25 paste waxes over a period of three months, side by side, for gloss and beading, making note of discolouration and deterioration. The results were that collinite's wax both outperformed and outlasted all it's competitors!

You can check out the results the table: www.greatcove.org but we thing that the final comment from Great Cove "If you want a very shiny, long-lasting wax finish, we think Collinite's Fleetwax Paste is the best" says it all. Thanks Great Cove!

25.05.06
New Products!

New products have been added - and there are more coming soon!
The demand for accessories from the boat cleaning experts at Shipshape has lead to us adding our first products in this category, the amazing microfibre cleaning cloths. These little miracles are a real phenomenon in cleaning dust, dirt and grime from your boat or car.

They have thousands of ultra fine fibres which won't scratch or smear and are a pleasure to use. You can actually feel the cloth grip the dirt! Used wet or dry these very cost effective cloths can be re-used hundreds of times, just put them in a washing machine and they come out good as new!

19.04.06
Lexus Owners give Shipshape products a 5 star review!

Cars need to be kept Shipshape too, and if your pride and joy is a Lexus – you can rest assured you are using the best waxes with Collinite products, after a five star review has been posted on the popular owner’s club website www.lexusownersclub.co.uk which you can read here: www.lexusownersclub.co.uk

We would like to thank our anonymous reviewer, who has posted the 5 star review following a submission of a link to their site in September 2005, by Carol, who is one half of the husband and wife team at Shipshape.
 
Speaking about the link from Lexus, Carol said: “We like to be involved with owner’s clubs, and to have a product review is great news for us, as it shows support and that the products has been tested and recommended to other Lexus owners. The high performance of Collinite waxes means that they are perfect for the high-quality type of finish that a proud Lexus owner would expect.”
 
Lexus owners clubs offer discounts of up to 15% off servicing, parts and labour at selected dealerships around the UK, as well as many other club benefits, and a very active forum!

15.03.06
Shop Securely with Shipshape!

Shopping Cart Systems are now live and in place securely on the Shipshape website, meaning you can order the best wax on the water with confidence online!

Following 2 months of development, Shipshape web designers, Lingo Design based in nearby Downham Market have completed the integration of the Barclaycard Secure Systems.

The system has provided a high quality of site with easy to navigate product menus and features. Project Manager Liz Pendleton from Lingo recognizes the importance of well designed eCommerce sites; “Just having ‘buy now’ on your site doesn't mean people will make purchases, increased popularity of shopping online means that a good eCommerce site needs to have popular products, which Shipshape have, an easy to use layout, eye catching design as well as a smooth shopping cart system. eCommerce templates are great for us to integrate all these aspects. It’s been a very enjoyable project to work on"