Warranty (Sample Only)
CERAM-A-STAR(R) 1050 LIMITED WARRANTY
SECTION B: HOW WILL THE COVERED PRODUCT WEATHER?
. For forty (40) years, PRODUCT will not peel, flake or otherwise lose adhesion to an extent that is apparent on ordinary outdoor visual observation. NOTE: Slight crazing or cracking may occur on roll-formed edges or break bends at the time of forming, and is considered as standard-such crazing or cracking shall not constitute a basis for complaint under this limited warranty; and
. For thirty (30) years, sidewall panels of PRODUCT will not change color more than five (5) E (delta E) Hunter units and roof panels will not change more than seven (7) E (delta E) Hunter units when measured per ASTM D 2244 on clean surfaces after removing dirt, other surface deposits and chalk per ASTM D 3964; and
. For thirty (30) years, sidewall panels of PRODUCT will not chalk more than a number eight (8) rating and roof panels will not chalk more than a number six (6) rating when measured per ASTM D 4214, Method A.
SECTION C: WHAT IS NOT COVERED BY THIS LIMITED WARRANTY?
This is an anti-weathering limited warranty and does not apply to other causes of degradation, including:
. PRODUCT which is applied to other than first quality aluminum, Galvalume(R) steel, Galfan(R) steel, or galvanized steel;
. PRODUCT which is not applied in accordance with good practice in the coil coating industry;
. PRODUCT which has suffered scratching or abrasion or has been damaged by abrasive or chemical cleaners; has been abused, altered, modified, used in a manner not originally intended, or stored contrary to recommendations of AKZO NOBEL, EAGLE METALS, or the coil coater, or contrary to good industry practice, as discussed in "Tool Kit #1: Preventing Job Site Storage Corrosion of Prepainted Building Panels," published by the National Coil Coating Association; has been damaged due to moisture entrapment in coils and/or bundles during transit or storage; has been stored or installed in a way which allows standing water on the coating or in any chemically aggressive environment (containing such substances as fumes, ash, salts, dirt, grease, or high humidity); has been stored or installed in such a way that allows contact with animals and/or animal waste or its decomposition products; has suffered from improper forming, fabrication or embossing; corrosion of the substrate and/or corrosion at cut edges; or develops any other condition between the coating and the substrate which causes the coating to degrade or delaminate;
. PRODUCT which is installed within 1000 meters (3250 feet) of either a salt water shoreline at mean high tide or other marine environment, unless approved in writing by AKZO NOBEL prior to installation, based on AKZO NOBEL's review of the information provided on the Site Conditions Form (Appendix A). If structures are installed within 1000 meters with AKZO NOBEL's prior written site approval, all provisions of this limited warranty will remain in effect, except Section C (1) (film integrity), so long as all of its conditions are met, and provided that AKZO NOBEL is provided satisfactory written, contemporaneous evidence of the performance of semi-annual "sweet water" [fresh tap water] rinses;
. PRODUCT topcoats which are not applied as part of a complete AKZO NOBEL system. A complete AKZO NOBEL system means a PRODUCT topcoat applied onto metal which has been primed with an approved AKZO NOBEL primer on both sides of the metal sheet, and which has been coated with an approved AKZO NOBEL backer coating on the reverse side, all per specifications on the AKZO NOBEL Product Data Sheet.