Sometimes I wonder at the supposed intelligece of many decorators. As a maker of one-of-a-kind art, your personal obligation is to select the most durable materials and to orchestrate them into a pleasing artifact for the client/patron. That said, the formal guarantees and warrantees from the manufacturers apply to the materials used and your warrantee applies only to the application and fabrication.
As noted above by others, you need to provide a warrantee statement and maintenance schedule in the future, but you are definitely not to blame for the work of passersby or Mother Nature. The Client and Designer should be aware that these items, if installed outside, are subject to weathering, which includes but is not limited to UV radiation, mildew, rust from water and humidity, vandalism and accidental contact with the neighbor's car or child's toys.
You cannot stand guard over all your client's stuff, else you would have become a security agency rather than an artist in metal.
Just a thought or two . . .
Nic East, Jim Thorpe, PA USA
Creativity begins with a novel thought.
Paint Failure
Sometimes I wonder at the supposed intelligece of many decorators. As a maker of one-of-a-kind art, your personal obligation is to select the most durable materials and to orchestrate them into a pleasing artifact for the client/patron. That said, the formal guarantees and warrantees from the manufacturers apply to the materials used and your warrantee applies only to the application and fabrication.
As noted above by others, you need to provide a warrantee statement and maintenance schedule in the future, but you are definitely not to blame for the work of passersby or Mother Nature. The Client and Designer should be aware that these items, if installed outside, are subject to weathering, which includes but is not limited to UV radiation, mildew, rust from water and humidity, vandalism and accidental contact with the neighbor's car or child's toys.
You cannot stand guard over all your client's stuff, else you would have become a security agency rather than an artist in metal.
Just a thought or two . . .
Nic East, Jim Thorpe, PA USA
Creativity begins with a novel thought.