Polysoft® and Polysoft® II & Available Colors
We have worked with our fabric suppliers to develop a fabric that is perfectly suited to the marine environment and will protect your valuable investment without causing any damage.
Please make sure read the care and maintenance instructions supplied with your covers to ensure you get the best possible results.
Currently Polysoft® P1 and Polysoft® P2 comes in the following colours:-
Polysoft® Original |
Polysoft® II (P2) |
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| Caribbean Blue | Black | ||
| Harbour Blue | Discontinued | Charcoal | |
| Aqua Green | Discontinued | Light Grey | |
| Burgundy | Discontinued | Navy Blue | |
| White | See disclaimer below | ||
| Red | |||
Covers can be made in one solid color or in two contrasting tones. Specify on the order form your choice of Main and Secondary color if you prefer the two tone option. See 2 tone tab for example.
Polysoft® P1 offers a strength, dimensional stability, and abrasion resistance with the addition of a lightweight, non-woven soft fuzzy polyester backing. Polysoft also features great water, UV, and mildew resistance to endure marine environments.
What is Polysoft® P1?
In technical terms the material is an acrylic polymeric impregnated fabric. In other words it is a coated polyester that has a very high breaking strength, abrasion, mold and ultraviolet resistant. It also has excellent color fastness and lasting outdoor durability. In fact Outboard Covers offers a 12 month guarantee against fading and rotting. We also offer a 2 years limited warranty on our high quality workmanship. Commercial users do not get any warranty due to the harsh treatment of their equipment when using P1 fabric. We have sold covers all over the World and our reputation is second to none for service and quality.
We would always recommend that customers use our Polysoft® P2 fabric as this is far superior against UV fading and rotting. Red's and Blue's are the worst for fading due to the color pigments used and this is a well know facts regardless of what fabric.
Why not Vinyl?
People also ask what is wrong with using vinyl or a padded vinyl won’t that stop the noise more and offer more protection?
Yes it MAY but as it is not breathable it will cause moisture to build up under both the cowl and cover. This will corrode the motor and damage the paint and decals.
Most people are not aware that a replacement cowl is extremely expensive and if new decals are required these are usually extra and can cost as much as one of our Splash covers.
This is typically what would happen if you made your outboard cover out of a material that does not have breath-ability such as vinyl or even neoprene which is used on wet suits. They do not have what Polysoft® has!
Just another reason to fit an OCA cover.
Polysoft® 2
Our new exclusively made fabric with higher spec's, nick named P2 fabric
Polysoft® II offers strength, dimensional stability, and abrasion resistance with the addition of a lightweight, non-woven soft felt backed polyester backing. Polysoft® II also features great water, UV, and mildew resistance to endure marine environments.
What is Polysoft® 2?
In technical terms the material is an acrylic polymeric impregnated fabric. In other words it is a coated polyester that has a very high breaking strength, abrasion, mold and ultraviolet resistant. It also has excellent color fastness and lasting outdoor durability. In fact Outboard Covers offers a 3 year guarantee against fading and rotting. We also offer a 5 year limited warranty on our high quality workmanship (commercial applications we offer 1 year on both). We have sold covers all over the World and our reputation is second to none for service and quality. Current colors this new fabric is available in are black, charcoal, white and light grey.
We would always recommend that customers use our Polysoft® P2 fabric as this is far superior against UV fading and rotting. Red's and Blue's are the worst for fading due to the color pigments used and this is a well know facts regardless of what fabric.
The black is a lot blacker on our P2 compared to our previous Polysoft or P1 fabric and other colors will be added to our range over the next 12 months.
Technical Specifications:
Polysoft® Original Spec's |
Polysoft® II Spec's |
| Med U.V. resistance | High U.V. resistance |
| 100% Woven polyester material | 100% Woven polyester material |
| UV resistant rated 3 out 5 on a UV scale Grade -3 @1000 hours | UV resistant rated 4 out 5 on a UV scale, Grade >4 @1200 hours |
| Spray Rating: 90 | Spray Rating: 100 |
| High tear and abrasion resistance | High tear and abrasion resistance |
| Excellent mold and mildew resistance | Excellent mold and mildew resistance |
| Med/ High water resistance | High water resistance |
Why not Vinyl?
People also ask what is wrong with using vinyl or a padded vinyl won’t that stop the noise more and offer more protection?
Yes it MAY but as it is not breathable it will cause moisture to build up under both the cowl and cover. This will corrode the motor and damage the paint and decals.
Most people are not aware that a replacement cowl is extremely expensive and if new decals are required these are usually extra and can cost as much as one of our Splash® covers.
This is typically what would happen if you made your outboard cover out of a material that does not have breath-ability such as vinyl or even neoprene which is used on wet suits. They do not have what Polysoft® has!
Just another reason to fit an OCA cover.
Below is an example of what colors go where on your cover/s. The main color is considered to be the one that is most prominent and the secondary color is the highlight or stripe.
Please note that all our covers are made to model specific patterns so the location of the secondary color will vary according to each pattern.
White Fabric Disclaimer
- It is highly recommended that hands and the motor are clean before handling the white covers. Oil and grease will mark the fabric and may be hard to remove.
- The white fabric Polysoft ®II is liable to show dirt more easily. Responsibility for the fabric or any part of the cover becoming dirty or marked with use cannot be accepted by the manufacturer.
- White Fabric (P2) is slightly transparent and you may see the branding on the existing cowl come through the cover. The perfect alignment of the cover graphics and cowl graphics cannot be guaranteed.
- As with all covers, the use of a washing machine is NOT recommended. Please follow the supplied care instructions carefully.
- The use of re proofing products MAY cause discolouration – patch testing is recommended. The use or re proofing agents will invalidate the fabric warranty (not workmanship).
- White fabric may also come with small dark colour dots which is unavoidable and is caused by dust particles in the air when the fabric is woven.
The exhaust port on the rear lower part of the motor (Verado motors) ‘will’ become marked with black exhaust deposits from this port, this is unavoidable.
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