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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 | Coated | Patinated |
| How it looks | Fully reflective. | 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. | Brass, gold, champagne, rose gold, copper, bronze, gun metal, black nickel and antique brass tones, plus oxidised and custom colour coatings — the way to put a warm metal’s colour on stainless steel, aluminium or mild steel. | 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, copper, bronze | Stainless steel, brass, aluminium | Stainless steel, aluminium, mild steel | Brass, copper, bronze |
| Where it suits | Indoors | Indoors | Indoors and outdoors | Indoors |
| Worth knowing | Shows every fingerprint and every scratch, so it belongs where it will be looked at and not handled. | 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. | A scratch through a PVD or coated surface is through the colour, and it cannot be touched up invisibly — the panel is refinished or replaced. | A living finish: it will keep ageing, and the places people touch will develop their own highlights. |
| Looking after it | A soft dry cloth for dust and a damp one for marks — never anything abrasive, which scratches a mirror surface permanently. | Wipe with a soft damp cloth. | Mild soap and water, soft cloth, nothing abrasive and no strong cleaners — the colour is a thin layer and is kept by not attacking it. | 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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