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	Distressed	Hairline	Vibration	Ombre
Family	Patinated	Polished	Polished	Coated
How it looks	A surface deliberately aged — mottled, darkened and worn back in places — so that new metal reads as if it has been in the building for decades.	A fine unidirectional grain.	A non-directional swirled grain that scatters light.	One tone fading into another across a panel — brass into bronze, gold into gun metal, warm into dark — graded by hand so that the transition has no step.
Metals	Brass, copper, mild steel	Stainless steel, brass, aluminium	Stainless steel, brass	Stainless steel, brass, aluminium
Where it suits	Indoors	Indoors and outdoors	Indoors and outdoors	Indoors
Worth knowing	No two panels are the same, which is the point.	A scratch across the grain is visible from a distance.	Hard to carry cleanly around a tight curve, so it suits flat and gently formed panels.	A gradient that runs across several panels is set out as one drawing and graded as one batch, so that it continues across the joints.
Looking after it	Wax or a clear coat holds the effect; dust it, and wipe with a damp cloth.	Wipe along the grain, never across it, with a mild detergent and a soft cloth.	Wipe in any direction — there is no grain to respect, which is why it hides scuffs better than any other polished surface.	Wipe with a soft damp cloth.
Next step	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample

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