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| Family | Patinated | Coated | Polished | Polished |
| How it looks | Green, deep blue, algae, deep red, burnished, rustic, deep white and a range of blacks — colour grown in the metal, not painted on. | 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. | A fine unidirectional grain. |
| Metals | Copper, brass, bronze, zinc | Stainless steel, brass, aluminium | Stainless steel, brass | Stainless steel, brass, aluminium |
| Where it suits | Indoors and outdoors | Indoors | Indoors and outdoors | Indoors and outdoors |
| Worth knowing | A living finish. | 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. | A scratch across the grain is visible from a distance. |
| Looking after it | Nothing abrasive, ever. | 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. | 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 |
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