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Our Special Finishes
Ranging from beautiful interior design options, through to hard wearing finishes, our extensive range of high quality special finishes will provide an impressive, finishing touch. These special finishes are offered in addition to our standard finishes and can be applied dependent upon the product, substrate and environment. When specifying your products online via our Selector Tool, for each item selected you will be offered the applicable range of finishing options to choose from. We can also provide invaluable Finishing Advice.
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Antique Brass Medium (ABM)
A darkened, handmade living finish showing golden brass undertones when new. Antique Brass Medium ages gracefully over time to enhance its provincial, unrefined character. Striking when featured in authentic, classic designs and applied to Bella, Cilla or Giulietta door handles and brings a rustic touch to contemporary designs with Cubo, Quad or Kali door handles.
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Antique Brass Dark (ABD)
A blackened, handmade living finish with a rawer appearance compared to Antique Brass Medium, featuring minimal brass highlights when new. Antique Brass Dark ages gracefully over time to give a raw, unpolished appearance. Striking when featured in authentic, classic designs and applied to Bella, Cilla or Giulietta door handles for a traditional look, this finish brings harmony to naturally textured, modern interiors on Cubo, Quad or Kali door handles.
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Black Chrome (BC)
An opulent, dark, mirror finish with a black lustre and highly reflective properties that give a sleek, signature statement when incorporated into contemporary designs. Applied to door handles with bold, flat surfaces like the round G2010 pull handle or our sliding door blade pulls, Black Chrome provides a stunning, stand-out effect.
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Satin Black Chrome (SBC)
A raw, black finish with an anodised metal texture and matt, satin appearance that enhances the grain of the substrate. Giving the effect of mild, black steel, Satin Black Chrome is a hard-wearing finish suited to almost any environment. Popular in contemporary, modern designs that expose natural textures of brick, concrete, metal, timber or stone. Also very effective on bold flat surfaces like Quad door handles, sliding door blade pulls or square G2510 pull handles.
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Florentine Bronze Medium (FBM)
A darkened, handmade living finish showing copper bronze undertones when new. Florentine Bronze Medium ages gracefully over time to enhance its provincial, unrefined character. Striking when featured in authentic, classic designs and applied to Bella, Cilla or Giulietta door handles, it brings a rustic touch to contemporary designs on Catalina, Novanta or Zola door handles.
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Florentine Bronze Dark (FBD)
A blackened, handmade living finish with a rawer appearance compared to Florentine Bronze Medium and minimal blackened bronze highlights when new. Florentine Bronze Dark ages gracefully over time to give a raw, unpolished appearance. Striking when featured in authentic, classic designs and applied to Bella, Cilla or Giulietta door handles for a traditional look, this finish brings harmony to naturally textured, modern interiors on Catalina, Novanta or Zola.
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Oil Rubbed Bronze (ORB)
A dark, handmade living finish offering a rich, old-world look with tones varying from deep, chocolate brown to dark grey which may change depending on differing climatic exposure. Oil Rubbed Bronze gives a truly ornamental look to traditional or contemporary Neo classic design themes and is a popular, versatile finish that can be applied to brass-based architectural hardware in any design environment.
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Polished Brass Unlacquered (PBU)
A timeless finish giving a rich, glossy, honey coloured appearance. The Polished Brass Unlacquered finish gives a gilded, statement look and is especially suited to traditional and heritage homes. Works particularly well with door handles such as oval Umbo and round Kimberley knobs, or Cilla and Bella levers.
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Satin Brass Unlacquered (SBU)
An elegant finish that displays a raw brass colour and brushed satin, monotone appearance. Our Satin Brass Unlacquered finish will give a subtle, background effect in modern, contemporary and minimalist design themes where rich colour is desired. Looks particularly striking on streamlined door handles like Ema, Gabriella or Milla.
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Weathered Brass medium (WBM)
Rich and handmade - a living finish that embraces the natural aging of brass. It’s dark and organic appearance is particularly striking when paired with American Black Walnut on Monte TimberCollection lever designs. This versatile finish is also able to compliment authentic, classic door handles such as the Bella, Cilla or Gabriella.
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Polished Nickel (PN)
A rich, mirror finish reflecting warm hues that is ideal for all contemporary designs. Substantial in depth of colour and gleaming in finish, Polished Nickel works beautifully to bring a touch of warmth to cool environments and looks impressive on all our sliding door hardware such as blade pulls, flush pulls and edge pulls, as well as a wide range of door handles and matching accessories.
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Satin Nickel (SN)
A very popular European finish offering a rich effect with visible satin lines and warm hues that beautifully complement other architectural hardware finished in Satin Stainless Steel. Satin Nickelis especially suited to modern, contemporary environments with a sharp emphasis on the design aesthetic and looks stunning on our chic Duo, or the Bauhaus-inspired Lanex door handles.
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Powder Coated Colour (PCC)
Hard-wearing and ideally suited to commercial and residential applications, Powder Coated Colour comprises a special finishing paint that is electrostatically applied for a durable, seamless finish. Two of our most popular options in this range are the Black ACE and Flat White coatings (shown). Choose from a virtually limitless palette, provided by quality paint brands Dulux, Interpon or Jotun. (When requesting a quote, just add a comment to let us know your colour selection).
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Powder Coated Colour (Satin White SW)
For a simple, mono-tone statement effect, Satin White Powder Coated Colour accentuates your application with bright, clean lines.
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Powder Coated Colour (Black Ace BKA)
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Vapour Black (VBK)
A smooth, low sheen, non-reflective, hardwearing deep black finish. The finish provides salt spray performance and anti-weathering durability. Recommended for application in the coastal areas and applied to our limited lock products.
PVD Finishes
PVD finishes are highly resistant to corrosion and abrasion, making door hardware surfaces especially durable.Designer Doorware offers a Limited Lifetime Warranty on all PVD finished items against tarnishing, flaking, pitting and discolouration for the lifetime of the product. Currently, PVD finishes are available in three design collections – Quad, Lanex and Kali lever handles.
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Black Satin (VBS)
Dark and strong with a satin-smooth texture, PVD Black Satin fuses slate and graphite undertones in a contemporary hard-wearing finish. Modern, bold and understated, this finish lends itself well to projects ranging from mid-century to the ultra-modern. Clean, smooth and suggestive of satin, PVD Black Satin is a tactile, highly touchable surface that is very hard-wearing.
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Brushed Brass (VBB)
Our brushed brass PVD finish exudes timeless allure, showcasing the raw elegance of brass while safeguarding against tarnishing through its durable PVD coating.
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Weathered Bronze (VWB)
Elegantly and warm, our weathered bronze PVD finish envelops the surfaces with a luxurious deep bronze, infusing richness and depth, ensuring lasting beauty.
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Gunmetal (VGM)
Dark and strong with a satin- smooth texture, gunmetal fuses slate and graphite undertones in a contemporary, hard-wearing PVD finish.
Timber Species
Select the right timber species for your project to achieve the best possible result. We have introduced American White Oak and American Black Walnut to increase the quality of our timber products, offering a timeless appeal and long-lasting result. These are available on the new Monte Timber Collection of levers and are now also available on all our existing timber entrance handles.
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American White Oak – Raw
Popular for its versatility, distinguishing grain light sapwood with pale to dark brown heartwood. Also known as Northern White Oak/Southern White Oak.
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American White Oak – Oiled
Popular for its versatility, distinguishing grain light sapwood with pale to dark brown heartwood. Also known as Northern White Oak/Southern White Oak. Scandinavian oil applied over the natural sanded timber which enhances and protects the grain of the timber. It is ideal for use on all our timber hardware products to preserve the condition of the timber, giving a rich sheen, semi-transparent timber color and applied to achieve the most natural appearance possible.
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American Black Walnut – Raw
Popular for its rich colour, wavy grain and creamy white sapwood with light to dark brown heartwood. Also known as Black Walnut or American Walnut.
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American Black Walnut – Oiled
Popular for its rich colour, wavy grain and creamy white sapwood with light to dark brown heartwood. Also known as Black Walnut or American Walnut. The oil finish is formulated to retain the natural appearance of the timber and can create a feeling of being timeless and beautiful. The stain can be applied to all our timber hardware products.
Concrete Material
Raw, primal and polarising. Pairing concrete with our metal finish so when you touch the lever, part of your hands feeling that raw urban of the concrete and another portion of your hand will also feel that soft cold metal feel so it’s that nice blend feel of rough and sumptuous.
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Concrete Luna Grey (LGR)
The finished concrete’s appearance will always have aesthetic variations of shade, color, pattern and overall size.One standard finish is available at present which we call Luna Grey. Custom finishes are also available upon request.
Our Standard Finishes
We generally offer two or more standard finishes for most of our product range, however in some cases standard finishes may also be applied as a special finish. When specifying your products online via our Selector Tool, you will be offered applicable standard or special finishing options to choose from.
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Polished Chrome (PC)
A cool, mirror finish that plays with the surrounding lighting to create an eye-caching effect that adds a highlight to any design application. Polished Chrome is a hard wearing finish that endures most climatic conditions well, and as a popular and versatile favourite, can be applied to wide range of architectural hardware to enhance any environment. Creates a complementary match to Polished Stainless Steel or contrasting effect to Satin Chrome
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Satin Chrome (SC)
A brushed, matt finish with a cool, semi-lustrous appearance and visible satin lines. An architectural favourite, Satin Chrome is very popular in contemporary design environments for a subtle complement, and can be applied to a wide range of our architectural hardware. Offers a slightly more tactile quality than Polished Chrome and gives a contrasting complement to this finish, especially when both are applied together in custom designs.
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Polished Stainless Steel (PSS)
A cool, mirror finish that plays with the surrounding lighting to create an eye-catching effect that adds a highlight to any design application. Polished Stainless Steel is a popular finish that will give a statement look to entry door pull handles and cabinet handles. Creates a complementary match with Polished Chrome.
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Satin Stainless Steel (SSS)
A raw, natural finish with a brushed look that truly captures a product’s form and aesthetic qualities. Satin Stainless Steel is a popular architectural finish to give a seamless look to entry door pull handles and cabinet handles. Beautifully complemented by Satin Chrome and Satin Nickel finishes.
