Metal Finish-How Do I Get The Matte Look?

A. Hello Nicole. I think you'll need to tell us what metal it is and send a pic. While it's possible that it's a "mechanical" finish, if it's aluminum it may be a chemical etch for example. Good luck.

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A. These parts appear to have a grain pattern which is best achieved on flat parts with a wide belt sander; however, I am not sure these are 100% done with a belt but manually with a hand product.

A. Hi again. As the whole world learned from "The Dress" last year, it's hard to know if what we think we see in a photograph is really what's there when there are no visual background cues to put things into size and color perspective (if you send more pics, maybe lay a dime and a penny on the panel).

But to me this looks like an "antiquing" paint job, where you paint the metal a solid color (maybe gray or taupe in this case) then follow it with a striated paint in a different color (maybe off-white).

So, does it look like bare aluminum metal with a sanded or etched pattern to you or does it look like some kind of striated tint or paint?

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