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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 | Polished | Coated | Patinated | Patinated |
| How it looks | 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. | Soft clouds of dark tone drifting across a warm ground. | Chemically aged and then selectively relieved, so highlights and recesses read differently — antique brass, oxidised bronze, darkened copper — with the character of a piece that has already had a life. |
| Metals | Stainless steel, brass, aluminium | Stainless steel, brass, aluminium | Brass, copper, bronze | Brass, copper, bronze |
| Where it suits | Indoors and outdoors | Indoors | Indoors | Indoors |
| Worth knowing | 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. | Suits panels, cladding and furniture seen as a whole. | A living finish: it will keep ageing, and the places people touch will develop their own highlights. |
| Looking after it | Wipe along the grain, never across it, with a mild detergent and a soft cloth. | Wipe with a soft damp cloth. | Lacquered, it is simply wiped. | Dust only, or a barely damp cloth. |
| Next step | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample |
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