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| Character | Soft, ductile, and never quite finished changing. | Light, dimensionally stable, and quietly practical. | Strong, direct, unapologetically structural. | — |
| How it looks | Bright pink-orange when new, moving through browns to deep near-black, or driven deliberately to green and blue verdigris. | Naturally light grey and matt. | Matt grey raw; most often blackened, painted or powder-coated. | — |
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| Outdoors | One of the classic exterior metals. | Very well suited to external use, which is a large part of why it is specified for facades and louvres. | Used externally throughout, always with a coating system appropriate to the exposure. | — |
| Finishes | 11: mirror, brushed & satin, hammered, hand-beaten, embossed, special texture, special effects, antique… | 5: hairline, brushed & satin, cast & relief, pvd & coatings, ombre | 4: brushed & satin, special texture, distressed, pvd & coatings | 1: brushed & satin |
| In short | The most workable metal on the floor and the most unpredictable in service — which is exactly why it is used where character matters more than uniformity. | The metal that solves problems of weight and span. | The metal behind the metal. | Mild steel with a coat of zinc. |
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