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| Galvanized Iron (GI) |  |  |  | |
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| Character | — | Soft, ductile, and never quite finished changing. | Dense, quiet, and expensive-looking without trying. | Light, dimensionally stable, and quietly practical. |
| How it looks | — | Bright pink-orange when new, moving through browns to deep near-black, or driven deliberately to green and blue verdigris. | Deep brown-gold through to near-black, matt or satin more often than bright. | Naturally light grey and matt. |
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| Outdoors | — | One of the classic exterior metals. | 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 | 1: brushed & satin | 11: mirror, brushed & satin, hammered, hand-beaten, embossed, special texture, special effects, antique… | 7: mirror, brushed & satin, hammered, cast & relief, antique, patina, smoky effect | 5: hairline, brushed & satin, cast & relief, pvd & coatings, ombre |
| In short | Mild steel with a coat of zinc. | 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. | Where brass is warm and copper is bright, bronze is deep. | The metal that solves problems of weight and span. |
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