Bronze

Designed and Manufactured in the U.S.

RAILING MATERIAL

Bronze Handrail Design Requires Extensive Experience

"Bronze" covers a range of alloys, and the term can be misleading. We use it to refer to the color family, and we bring deep experience in selecting the right alloy for each application. Alloy choice matters: different bronzes can read as noticeably different colors side by side, so fabricator expertise is essential.

Common bronze finishes in architectural applications include:

Satin/Brushed Finish

Applied as a straight grain (#4) to flat bars, tubes, angles, and sheet metal, or as a circular grain on round tubes. A clear lacquer coating prevents tarnishing, though it will degrade over time. UV exposure accelerates this outdoors. For exterior applications, an oxidized finish is often the better choice.

Polished Finish

Achieved through progressively finer grits and buffing to a reflective surface. Lacquer coating is required to maintain the factory finish.

Blasted Finish

Bead blasting produces a non-directional, uniform matte surface with low reflectivity. Lacquer coating required to maintain the factory finish.

Oxidized Finish

Also known as Statuary Finish, Oil Rubbed Bronze or US10B. Chemicals physically change the color of the metal, ranging from light to very dark. Hand-applied, so piece-to-piece variation is expected and part of the character. An experienced fabricator can provide control samples to establish a color baseline before production.

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Railing Systems Materials

Some of the most common steel finishes in architectural applications are:

Blasted Finish

Produced by the impact of a hard, inert medium onto the stainless steel surface resulting in a non-directional, uniform matte surface with low reflectivity.
Should be done only with a fabricator familiar with the process, samples obtained and a control sample put in place for the final work.
Should receive a clear coating once the blasting is completed to seal the material against corrosion.

Powder-Coated Finish

Available in a wide variety of colors, textures and finishes.
Perfect solution for long term durable finishes for steel.
Retain the raw steel appearance with clear matte and glossy powder-coat finishes.

Patina Finish

Chemical finishes that change the color of the raw metal.
Ideally applied to bead blasted or sand blasted materials and are clear coated once the desired color has been achieved.
Includes blackened steel finishes.
The final color can be slightly different from piece to piece and visible streaking will be part of the final finish.

Field Painted Finish

Generally preferable to provide a completely shop finished product for final installation.
Generally reserved for products that have been welded and constructed on site.