Raw steel finishes

My girlfriend is currently working on a public art piece here in Boise. We are trying to figure out how to finish some half inch steel manhole covers. Essentially she wants them to look like a real manhole cover. I am wondering if we should even finish them and if we should, what with?

Jay Blackhurst
- Boise, Idaho
2002

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