Alumi Shield Standard Product Warranty
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The Alumi Shield Standard Product Warranty is automatically applied to non-habitable and residential projects less than 4 levels completed by our Dulux Accredited Powder Coaters.
Your Dulux Accredited Powder Coater will simply need to check your project’s location before confirming the product suitability and warranty validity.
The Dulux Alumi Shield Standard Product Warranty is available for warranty grade Dulux Powder coat products on architectural grade aluminium when applied by a Dulux Accredited Powder Coater.
The Alumi Shield™ Warranty is made up of two key components, a colour warranty (for fade and chalking) and a durability warranty (film integrity).
The Alumi Shield™ Colour Warranty is your assurance that the colour integrity will be maintained. It is made up of two components: Fade1 Chalk2
The Alumi Shield™ Durability Warranty is your assurance of film integrity. The powder coating will not peel, crack or flake for the warranty period from the date the product is applied to the metal.
Terms and conditions apply
*Excluding Intensity – 15 Years
1 Fluoroset warranties can only be issued by level 2 Accredited Powder Coaters as part of either the Dulux Alumi Shield Standard Project or Commercial Project warranty which requires project specific sample testing – as a result it is not available as part of the Dulux Alumi Shield Standard Product Warranty
The Alumi Shield Standard Product Warranty is automatically applied to all non-habitable and residential projects less than 4 levels completed by our Dulux Accredited Powder Coaters. Your Dulux Accredited Powder Coater will simply need to check your project’s location before confirming the product suitability and warranty validity.
Asset owners need to retain their invoice from their supplier, which will act as their proof of purchase and warranty reference.
Use the following table to help you identify your project and the appropriate standard a product should meet for that environment.
Definitions:
Use the tables below to determine the appropriate product choice to gain a Alumi Shield Standard Product Warranty by determining the environment that your project will be exposed to. Use this together with the Dulux Macroclimate Corrosivity Corrosivity Zone Maps of New Zealand Guide, available here, the online Dulux SpecMap tool, available here.
• Alumi Shield™ warranties are available when applied by a Dulux Accredited Powder Coater to the warranty specification on recommended project types and conditions
All Dulux powder products are NOT suitable in strongly acidic or caustic environments so pH must be between 5 and 9.
1. Electro and Duratec are only suitable for environments >10m from the high tide line.
2. Duralloy is only suitable for environments >100m from the high tide line.
Alumi Shield Warranties on perforated and expanded aluminium in exterior environments are available for the following products and conditions:
a. Mild – Duralloy, Electro, Charisma and Duratec (Grey Primer/E-Prime base coat not mandatory)
b. Severe – Duratec, Charisma and Electro (Grey Primer/E-Prime base coat mandatory)
For more information about specifications on perforated and expanded aluminium call 0800 800 975 or visit here.
Use the following table which references AS 2312.1, SNZ TS 3404 and ISO 9223 to identify the environment, conditions and atmospheric corrosivity categories. To pinpoint your projects corrosivity zone this table should be used together with the Dulux Macroclimate Corrosivity Zone Maps of New Zealand Guide, available here, or Dulux SpecMap tool available here.
1. Geothermal environments greater than 500m of a bore, mud pool, steam vent, or other source with a pH between 5 and 9. For pH outside this consult Dulux.
2. Geothermal hot spots within 500m of a bore, mud pool, steam vent, or other source.
3. All offshore islands including Waiheke, Stewart Island, Fraser Island and Pacific islands eg PNG, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti, Noumea
4. The corrosion rates for the first year of exposure for the different corrosivity categories of Aluminium and Carbon (Mild) Steel are determined by the following standards:
5. The corrosion rates for the first year of exposure for the different corrosivity categories of Aluminium are determined by the following standard:
1. Aggressive liquids such as Chemically Treated liquids and Salt Water must be cleaner off immediately as per the Dulux Care and Maintenance guide.
Please note chemically treated water includes antimicrobial treatments, e.g. in pools, anti-corrosive chemicals, and soapy water in bathrooms and showers.
■ Where indicated Alumi Shield warranties are available on areas >than 1m from the liquid.
✓ Where indicated Alumi Shield warranties are available on areas >than 2m from the liquid (ie outside the splash zone).
● Where indicated Alumi Shield warranties are available any distance from the liquid.
Alumi Shield warranties are only available when applied by a Dulux Accredited Powder Coater to the warranty specification on recommended project types and conditions.
All Dulux powder product are NOT suitable in strongly acidic or caustic environments so PH must be between 5 and 9.
Alumi Shield warranties are not available if the powder coating is immersed in any liquid.
Change these two sentence to: Use the tables below to determine the appropriate product choice to gain a Alumi Shield Standard Product Warranty by determining the interior environment that your project will be exposed to.
• Alumi Shield Standard Product warranty available
All Dulux powder products are NOT suitable in strongly acidic or caustic environments so pH must be between 5 and 9.
Please refer to Interior Environments close to liquids for warranty implications where powder coatings may be in close proximity to liquids.
Alumi Shield Warranties on perforated and expanded aluminium in interior environments are available for the following products and conditions:
a. General – Duralloy, Electro, Charisma and Duratec (Grey Primer/E-Prime base coat not mandatory).
b. Moderate – Duratec, Charisma and Electro (Grey Primer/E-Prime base coat mandatory).
For more information about specifications on perforated and expanded aluminium call 0800 800 975 or visit here.
Use the following table which references AS2312.1, SNZTS 3404 and ISO 9223 to identify the environment, conditions and atmospheric corrosivity categories
1. The corrosion rates for the first year of exposure for the different corrosivity categories of Aluminium and Carbon (Mild) Steel are determined by the following standards:
● SNZTS 3404:2018 – Standards NZ Technical Specification – Durability requirements for steel structures & components
● AS 2312.1:2014 – Guide to the protection of structural steel against atmospheric corrosion by the use of protective coatings. Part 1: Paint coatings
2. The corrosion rates for the first year of exposure for the different corrosivity categories of Aluminium are determined by the following standard:
1. Please note chemically treated water includes antimicrobial treatments, e.g. in pools, anti-corrosive chemicals, and soapy water in bathrooms and showers.
■ Where indicated Alumi Shield warranties are available on areas >than 2m from the liquid (ie outside the splash zone).
Where indicated Alumi Shield warranties are available on areas >than 5m from the liquid.
● Where indicated Alumi Shield warranties are available any distance from the liquid.
Alumi Shield warranties are only available when applied by a Dulux Accredited Powder Coater to the warranty specification on recommended project types and conditions.
All Dulux powder product are NOT suitable in strongly acidic or caustic environments so PH must be >5 and <9.
Alumi Shield warranties are not available if the powder coating is immersed in any liquid.
5. The corrosion rates for the first year of exposure for the different corrosivity categories of Aluminium are determined by the following standard:
Only Dulux Accredited Powder Coaters and Dulux Prime Accredited Powder Coaters are able to issue our Dulux Alumi Shield™ Standard Product Warranties after demonstrating their capability to meet stringent quality conditions and international standards.
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For more information, or to find an Alumi Shield approved Dulux Accredited Powder Coater, click here.
