COLORSTEEL MAXAM® Steel Roof & Wall Cladding

COLORSTEEL MAXAM® is the Next Generation of COLORSTEEL®, featuring revolutionary and patented ACTIVATE™ technology. ACTIVATE™ Technology introduces to COLORSTEEL® an Aluminium Zinc Magnesium (AM) metallic coating. The presence of magnesium in the AM coating provides an additional barrier protection and significantly assists in slowing down corrosion of and extending the lifespan of COLORSTEEL®​.

Replacing both ENDURA® and MAXX®, one of the standout features of COLORSTEEL MAXAM® is its versatility. Whether your project is near the coast, inland, in a geothermal area, or in an industrial environment, COLORSTEEL Maxam® is designed to perform exceptionally well across all these conditions. This simplifies the selection process, ensuring you have a reliable, high-performance solution without the guesswork. We will continue to offer COLORSTEEL Altimate® for our Extremely Severe environments. The COLORSTEEL MAXAM® paint system will exceed the service life of most traditional post painted systems.

Available in a range of colours and profiles, COLORSTEEL Maxam® can be used to suit any home or building.

COLORSTEEL MAXAM® pre-painted steel is available from most roofing distributors. Use our nation wide database to find the perfect supplier for your project.

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    Metal Cladding, Steel Roofing
Features

COLORSTEEL MAXAM® pre-painted steel products are suitable for a wide range of roll-formed roof and wall claddings, rainwater accessories and general building products.

Key Features:

  • Incredibly resistant to corrosion.
  • A 3-layer organic coating consisting of an anti-corrosive and bonding pre-treatment layer, an anti-corrosive primer and a top coat, applied to both sides of the material
  • COLORSTEEL® paint technology provides exceptional resistance to chalking and fade
  • Genuine COLORSTEEL MAXAM® pre-painted steel products will always be branded.

Note: When designing your home, consider which profile is appropriate - each profile has a minimum pitch below which it should not be installed and certain profiles are only suitable for certain applications. Discuss your requirements with the designer or contact your local roll-former for further information.

Performance Attributes:

Appearance:

  • COLORSTEEL MAXAM® is available in various top coat colours. The standard backer is Perpetual Grey®, but is also available with a double-sided coating to suit customer’s needs.
  • Colour retention (CIE Lab units Delta E) is 8 units maximum after 10 years exposure, and 10 units maximum after 15 years exposure. Chalk rating (AS 1580:481.1.11:1998) is no more than 4 after 10 years exposure.
  • Solar reflectance and light reflectance values vary with colour, refer to COLORSTEEL® Light Reflectance brochure for details.

Fire Resistance:

  • COLORSTEEL MAXAM® is rated as a Group 1-S material and has an average specific extinction area of 56.0m²/kg, a peak heat release rate of 3.6 kW/m² and total heat released of 0.3 MJ/m² when tested in accordance with ISO 5660:2002 Part 1 and Part 2.

Standards:

  • Steel substrate may be either G300 or G550 consistent with AS 1397:2021
  • Metallic coating is consistent with AS 1397:2021
  • COLORSTEEL Maxam® is Product Type 6 consistent with AS/NZS 2728:2013
  • Tolerances are consistent with the requirements of AS/NZS 1365:1996
Guidelines for Use

COLORSTEEL MAXAM® is designed to be suitable for most of New Zealand environments, ranging from mild/inland through to very severe coastal. For more extremely severe coastal environments, COLORSTEEL Altimate® may be more suitable.

Your COLORSTEEL® supplier will be responsible for ensuring that COLORSTEEL MAXAM® is installed in accordance with the COLORSTEEL® Installation Guide.

COLORSTEEL MAXAM® should not be used in the following applications:

  • Embedded in concrete.
  • In contact with permanently wet materials
  • Water tanks
  • In contact with soil, bark or similar
  • As concrete formwork
  • In animal shelters

Copper or brass pipes must not be allowed to discharge onto COLORSTEEL MAXAM® or be allowed to come into contact with them.

Guidance on the use of other materials in proximity to COLORSTEEL MAXAM® is covered by the COLORSTEEL® Installation Guide. Mixing brands of pre-painted steel material on the same building is not recommended.

Soft zinc or aluminum flashings should be used. Marking with lead pencils is not advised, and sealing washers should be low carbon non conducting.

Before using COLORSTEEL MAXAM® near sources of heavy industrial pollution or in geothermal areas, contact New Zealand Steel's Customer Care team.

Warranty and Maintenance

COLORSTEEL® products are proudly made by New Zealand Steel. We stand behind the performance of all COLORSTEEL® products, which is why they’re backed by extensive warranties of up to 50 years.

Your warranty is dependent on two things:

  • The location of your project and associated environmental category.
  • Ensuring you maintain it in line with the COLORSTEEL® maintenance recommendations.

Please seek advice from your COLORSTEEL® Supplier on the selection of the appropriate COLORSTEEL® product to suit your location or contact us directly with your address.

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About the
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COLORSTEEL® is made, tested and trusted for New Zealand conditions. We are inspired by the colours and landscapes that surround us and, in turn, we strive to create products that will inspire you. For more inspiration, visit www.colorsteel.co.nz

For over 40 years, COLORSTEEL® has been helping New Zealanders transform their environments. Driven by a desire to create better, stronger and more beautiful every day, we are constantly building on our foundation of practical knowledge, experience and understanding to think differently and deliver intelligent solutions for real applications. We are excited to announce the Next Generation of COLORSTEEL® - COLORSTEEL® MAXAM™, which brings together the outstanding quality and consistency COLORSTEEL® is known for, with game changing ACTIVATE™ technology, designed to deliver enhanced corrosion resistance.

For New Zealand:
We’re inspired by the landscape around us. From snow topped mountains to tussock grasslands, you’ll see New Zealand reflected in everything we create.

COLORSTEEL® products also undergo intense, long-term colour performance and exposure testing. So you can be sure they’re made and trusted for our conditions. We’re so confident in the durability of our products, we back them with robust warranties of up to 50 years.

For you:
We’ve developed COLORSTEEL® products to meet the needs of New Zealanders. Whether it’s roofing your dream home, building a fence or cladding a warehouse– there’s a COLORSTEEL® solution for your project.

By combining beauty, durability and flexibility, we believe COLORSTEEL® is about more than just a steel solution - it’s about turning metal into magic and transforming the everyday.