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	Etched	Distressed	Vibration	Hairline
Family	Textured	Patinated	Polished	Polished
How it looks	Design bitten into the surface, producing fine detail and artwork that cannot be achieved mechanically.	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 non-directional swirled grain that scatters light.	A fine unidirectional grain.
Metals	Stainless steel, brass	Brass, copper, mild steel	Stainless steel, brass	Stainless steel, brass, aluminium
Where it suits	Indoors and outdoors	Indoors	Indoors and outdoors	Indoors and outdoors
Worth knowing	Shallow by nature, so it wears where hands and feet pass — a wall or a panel, not a counter or a step.	No two panels are the same, which is the point.	Hard to carry cleanly around a tight curve, so it suits flat and gently formed panels.	A scratch across the grain is visible from a distance.
Looking after it	Mild detergent and a soft cloth.	Wax or a clear coat holds the effect; dust it, and wipe with a damp cloth.	Wipe in any direction — there is no grain to respect, which is why it hides scuffs better than any other polished surface.	Wipe along the grain, never across it, with a mild detergent and a soft cloth.
Next step	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample