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Before polishing the ‘skin’ is removed using a pre-grinding process that removes the surface scale and the majority of the surface defects. Over the last fifteen years or so the overall quality of hot rolled material has improved due to investment in the stainless steel mills ad with companies like us investing in high tech equipment this means the final finish generally looks similar to that produced on thin sheet. Polishing hot rolled plate to very fine finishes means that more and more it is an attractive substrate to work with for projects that require a low surface reading. For the architectural industry we recommend a 1K finish which measures less than 0.5µm and thus helps to reduce contamination and discolouring. 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