Help! Satin vs brushed vs polished

[littlegohan]

How do they differ?
According to m-w.com, brushed is polished but without the shine

But what about satin? Is that the same as polished?

 

[KMHPaladin]

Polished is shiny. Brushed looks like you ran steel wool or something over the metal, it has almost a grain to it. Satin is sort of like a sandblasted finish, it's not 'shiny' like polished steel but it doesn't have a 'grain' like brushed metal does.

 

[stev0]

Originally posted by: KMHPaladin
Polished is shiny. Brushed looks like you ran steel wool or something over the metal, it has almost a grain to it. Satin is sort of like a sandblasted finish, it's not 'shiny' like polished steel but it doesn't have a 'grain' like brushed metal does.

what he said.

 

[littlegohan]

Originally posted by: KMHPaladin
Polished is shiny. Brushed looks like you ran steel wool or something over the metal, it has almost a grain to it. Satin is sort of like a sandblasted finish, it's not 'shiny' like polished steel but it doesn't have a 'grain' like brushed metal does.

thanks alot man!