diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index e9af07b..a07764c 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ func (c *ClientConn) UnreadByte() error {
 }
 
 func (c *ClientConn) Flush() error {
-	c.m.Lock()
-	defer c.m.Unlock()
+	//	c.m.Lock()
+	//	defer c.m.Unlock()
 	return c.bw.Flush()
 }
 
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ func (c *ClientConn) Read(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *ClientConn) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
-	c.m.Lock()
-	defer c.m.Unlock()
+	//	c.m.Lock()
+	//	defer c.m.Unlock()
 	return c.bw.Write(buf)
 }
 
diff --git a/encoding.go b/encoding.go
index 384e926..21acf60 100644
--- a/encoding.go
+++ b/encoding.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"image/draw"
 	"image/png"
 	"io"
+	"sync"
 )
 
 // EncodingType represents a known VNC encoding type.
@@ -85,6 +86,15 @@ const (
 	TightFilterGradient TightFilter = 2
 )
 
+var bPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		// The Pool's New function should generally only return pointer
+		// types, since a pointer can be put into the return interface
+		// value without an allocation:
+		return new(bytes.Buffer)
+	},
+}
+
 type Encoding interface {
 	Type() EncodingType
 	Read(Conn, *Rectangle) error
@@ -197,14 +207,18 @@ func (enc *TightPngEncoding) Write(c Conn, rect *Rectangle) error {
 	cmp := enc.TightCC.Compression
 	switch cmp {
 	case TightCompressionPNG:
-		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-		if err := png.Encode(buf, enc.Image); err != nil {
+		buf := bPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+		buf.Reset()
+		defer bPool.Put(buf)
+		pngEnc := &png.Encoder{CompressionLevel: png.BestSpeed}
+		if err := pngEnc.Encode(buf, enc.Image); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		if err := writeTightLength(c, buf.Len()); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if _, err := io.Copy(c, buf); err != nil {
+
+		if _, err := buf.WriteTo(c); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	case TightCompressionFill:
@@ -311,8 +325,9 @@ func readTightLength(c Conn) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func (enc *RawEncoding) Write(c Conn, rect *Rectangle) error {
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	defer buf.Reset()
+	buf := bPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+	buf.Reset()
+	defer bPool.Put(buf)
 	n := 0
 	for _, c := range enc.Colors {
 		bytes, err := c.Marshal()
@@ -325,13 +340,16 @@ func (enc *RawEncoding) Write(c Conn, rect *Rectangle) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	_, err := c.Write(buf.Bytes())
+
+	_, err := buf.WriteTo(c)
 	return err
 }
 
 // Read implements the Encoding interface.
 func (enc *RawEncoding) Read(c Conn, rect *Rectangle) error {
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	buf := bPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+	buf.Reset()
+	defer bPool.Put(buf)
 	pf := c.PixelFormat()
 	cm := c.ColorMap()
 	bytesPerPixel := int(pf.BPP / 8)
@@ -341,7 +359,6 @@ func (enc *RawEncoding) Read(c Conn, rect *Rectangle) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	buf.Write(data)
-	defer buf.Reset()
 	colors := make([]Color, rect.Area())
 	for y := uint16(0); y < rect.Height; y++ {
 		for x := uint16(0); x < rect.Width; x++ {
diff --git a/pixel_format.go b/pixel_format.go
index b0d23fb..7256eb0 100644
--- a/pixel_format.go
+++ b/pixel_format.go
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ func (pf *PixelFormat) Marshal() ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Create the slice of bytes
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	buf := bPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+	buf.Reset()
+	defer bPool.Put(buf)
+
 	if err := binary.Write(buf, binary.BigEndian, &pf); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -112,7 +115,13 @@ func (pf *PixelFormat) Read(r io.Reader) error {
 
 // Unmarshal implements the Unmarshaler interface.
 func (pf *PixelFormat) Unmarshal(data []byte) error {
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(data)
+	buf := bPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+	buf.Reset()
+	defer bPool.Put(buf)
+
+	if _, err := buf.Write(data); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	var msg PixelFormat
 	if err := binary.Read(buf, binary.BigEndian, &msg); err != nil {
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index cd3dc9b..0ee18fb 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ func (c *ServerConn) SetProtoVersion(pv string) {
 }
 
 func (c *ServerConn) Flush() error {
-	c.m.Lock()
-	defer c.m.Unlock()
+	//	c.m.Lock()
+	//	defer c.m.Unlock()
 	return c.bw.Flush()
 }
 
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ func (c *ServerConn) Read(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *ServerConn) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
-	c.m.Lock()
-	defer c.m.Unlock()
+	//	c.m.Lock()
+	//	defer c.m.Unlock()
 	return c.bw.Write(buf)
 }