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| Family | Polished | Textured | Coated | Polished |
| How it looks | A fine unidirectional grain. | 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. | 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. | Fully reflective. |
| Metals | Stainless steel, brass, aluminium | Brass, copper, stainless steel | Stainless steel, brass, aluminium | Stainless steel, brass, copper, bronze |
| Where it suits | Indoors and outdoors | Indoors | Indoors | Indoors |
| Worth knowing | A scratch across the grain is visible from a distance. | 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 gradient that runs across several panels is set out as one drawing and graded as one batch, so that it continues across the joints. | Shows every fingerprint and every scratch, so it belongs where it will be looked at and not handled. |
| Looking after it | Wipe along the grain, never across it, with a mild detergent and a soft cloth. | Wipe along the grain, never across it, with a soft cloth. | Wipe with a soft damp cloth. | A soft dry cloth for dust and a damp one for marks — never anything abrasive, which scratches a mirror surface permanently. |
| Next step | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample |
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