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 |  |  | Galvanized Iron (GI) | |
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| Character | Warm, generous, and alive to the touch. | Dense, quiet, and expensive-looking without trying. | Light, dimensionally stable, and quietly practical. | — |
| How it looks | Ranges from a bright polished yellow through brushed and satin to deep antique and near-black. | Deep brown-gold through to near-black, matt or satin more often than bright. | Naturally light grey and matt. | — |
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| Outdoors | Suitable externally where a living, weathering surface is intended, or with a protective coating where it is not. | Used externally on cladding and soffits. | Very well suited to external use, which is a large part of why it is specified for facades and louvres. | — |
| Finishes | 16: mirror, hairline, brushed & satin, vibration, hammered, hand-beaten, embossed, etched… | 7: mirror, brushed & satin, hammered, cast & relief, antique, patina, smoky effect | 5: hairline, brushed & satin, cast & relief, pvd & coatings, ombre | 1: brushed & satin |
| In short | The metal most often asked for by name. | Where brass is warm and copper is bright, bronze is deep. | The metal that solves problems of weight and span. | Mild steel with a coat of zinc. |
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