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Choose two to four finishes. A finish is always approved on a physical sample of your metal, so ask for samples of the ones you like.
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| Family | Patinated | Textured | 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. | Brushed swirls, directional grains and figured patterns worked into the sheet by hand and by machine — a finish that appears to move as you walk past it, because the grain catches light from one direction and not another. | A fine unidirectional grain. | 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 | Brass, copper, stainless steel | Stainless steel, brass, aluminium | Stainless steel, brass, aluminium |
| Where it suits | Indoors | Indoors | Indoors and outdoors | Indoors |
| Worth knowing | No two panels are the same, which is the point. | The pattern is set by the sheet, so the layout of panels is decided with the pattern — a swirl cut through by a joint reads as a mistake. | A scratch across the grain is visible from a distance. | 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 soft cloth. | Wipe along the grain, never across it, with a mild detergent and a soft cloth. | 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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