Ian Lok, Sales Manager for East Asia Marine, likens boat care products to car care products highlighting shampoo, wax, fuel additives, water repellent, stainless steel & alu-minum cleaners and glass, vinyl & leather seat cleaners as examples that both automobiles and boats use. But boats go further needing bilge, hull & fender cleaners, teak wood brighteners, black streak removers, tougher bird and spider stain removers, and rub rail restorers, to cite just a few examples.

But what separates the car and boat products? Well, in Southeast Asia, salt for one. Car care products don’t have to deal with the salt residue left on boats.

What about deciding on what product to choose? Ian can’t stress trusted brands enough. Many boat care products come from trusted brands, have a brand warranty and are also environmentally friendly, and actually do what they say, e.g. they are biodegradable.

Many foreign sailors relate to and gravitate towards brands they have used at home or have used throughout their nautical life and East Marine Asia goes out of its way to store these brands at a price simi-lar to what they would pay back in their own country.

Education comes into play as well. Continual use of certain cleaning products can dull the exterior colour of a boat quickly so Ian and the East Marine Asia emphasize the best boat cleaners to use and their application with chandlery customers.

Some of the well-known brands in East Marine Asia’s extensive inventory include: Star Brite & Meguira’s (cleaning products), Shurhold (brushes ranging from stiff to extra soft), Rupes (profession-al polishing tools), Epihanes (marine varnish), 3M (cleaning products), Gelair (stops mould and bacteria), CIF (cleaner & degreaser), Orphine (bio-degradable boat soap), FSR & K2r (stain removers), Rain X (water repellent), CRC(protectant) & Spay Nine (heavy-duty cleaner).

The range of boat care products that East Marine Asia offers is vast, you will be surprised at the selection and innovation of the products on offer. Ev-erything from extendable squeegees to multi-purpose buckets, non-kink hoses, barbecue stove cleaners and tender-cleaning products. Even suction cups to attach between the tender and the boat allowing you to clean those out-the-way spots. East Marine Asia can truly service all your cleaning needs and Ian and the friendly staff are on hand to offer any assistance and advice you many need.