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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 | Textured | Cast | Coated | Polished |
| How it looks | Formed entirely by hand. | Deep three-dimensional panels and medallions cast from a pattern, then hand-finished. | 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. | A non-directional swirled grain that scatters light. |
| Metals | Brass, copper | Brass, bronze, aluminium | Stainless steel, brass, aluminium | Stainless steel, brass |
| Where it suits | Indoors and outdoors | Indoors and outdoors | Indoors | Indoors and outdoors |
| Worth knowing | No two panels are the same, and that is the reason to choose it — a sample approves a character and a range, not a match. | A pattern has to be made before anything is cast, so a one-off medallion carries the cost of its tooling. | 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. | Hard to carry cleanly around a tight curve, so it suits flat and gently formed panels. |
| Looking after it | As for hammered: a soft brush, a damp cloth, nothing abrasive. | A soft brush for the relief, a damp cloth for the face. | Wipe with a soft damp cloth. | Wipe in any direction — there is no grain to respect, which is why it hides scuffs better than any other polished surface. |
| Next step | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample |
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