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| Character | Cool, precise, structural. | Muted, matt, and comfortable being grey. | Dense, quiet, and expensive-looking without trying. | Warm, generous, and alive to the touch. |
| How it looks | From full mirror through vibration and hairline to a soft brushed matt. | Soft matt grey, developing a subtle mottled surface over time. | Deep brown-gold through to near-black, matt or satin more often than bright. | Ranges from a bright polished yellow through brushed and satin to deep antique and near-black. |
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| Outdoors | Widely used externally. | A traditional exterior cladding metal. | Used externally on cladding and soffits. | Suitable externally where a living, weathering surface is intended, or with a protective coating where it is not. |
| Finishes | 10: mirror, hairline, brushed & satin, vibration, embossed, etched, special texture, special effects… | 2: brushed & satin, patina | 7: mirror, brushed & satin, hammered, cast & relief, antique, patina, smoky effect | 16: mirror, hairline, brushed & satin, vibration, hammered, hand-beaten, embossed, etched… |
| In short | The metal that holds a mirror polish and holds it in public. | The quietest metal we work with. | Where brass is warm and copper is bright, bronze is deep. | The metal most often asked for by name. |
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