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Wall Decorations
Stainless Steel Donuts Wall Decoration Design A
Stainless Steel Donuts Wall Decoration Design A is a mirror polished 316 stainless steel wall panel built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Product Overview
What This Piece Is
Stainless Steel Donuts Wall Decoration Design A is a mirror polished 316 stainless steel wall panel built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Wall panels cover a large plain surface at a fraction of the cost of a freestanding piece and take no floor area at all.
316 stainless steel carries molybdenum, which is what makes it hold up in salt air and around chlorinated water far better than standard grades.
Send the position, the height you have in mind and any drawing you already have, and a quotation follows.
Stainless Steel Donuts Wall Decoration Design A produced by Xinhengda Sculpture in Shenzhen
Key Benefits
Why Buyers Specify This Piece
- Specified in 316 stainless steel for coastal, poolside and fountain positions where salt and chlorine attack ordinary steel.
- The mirror polished surface picks up sky, planting and passing people, so the piece changes through the day instead of reading as one fixed object.
- The final surface is worked by hand, so the form is refined against the eye rather than left as a machine finish.
- Lighting can be designed into the wall panel so it still reads after dark, with the cable route concealed inside the structure.
- At large scale this wall panel is trial assembled in the workshop, then split into transportable sections with the joints placed where they will not be seen.
- Wall panels cover a large plain surface at a fraction of the cost of a freestanding piece and take no floor area at all.
- Photographs of the finished wall panel standing in the workshop are sent for approval before it is crated.
Application Scenarios
Where It Is Installed
Installed in a park, on a plaza or at a landscape entrance, where the piece has to survive public contact and read from a distance.
Placed in a hotel lobby, on an arrival axis or beside a reception desk, where it is the first object a guest registers.
Placed in a living room, a corridor or a private garden, at a scale that suits a domestic ceiling height.
Fitted in a restaurant, a bar or a KTV room, where the piece has to read under low and coloured lighting.
Who It Is For
The People Who Order This
- Private clients commissioning a single mirror polished wall panel for parks and public plazas
- Architects matching a wall panel to a material palette that already uses 316 stainless
- Facility and estate managers replacing a tired feature in parks and public plazas with something that needs no repainting
- Landscape architects specifying a mirror polished wall panel as the focal piece for parks and public plazas
Problems It Solves
What This Piece Removes From the Project
- Sculptures near the sea or over a water feature pick up pitting within a season if the wrong grade is used. 316 is the grade that answers that.
- A poorly polished mirror surface shows the weld lines and a wavy reflection. Grinding the seams flat before polishing is what removes both.
- A purely machine finished piece reads flat. Hand finishing is what gives the surface its depth.
- Getting a wall panel into parks and public plazas is usually harder than the design assumed. Access is checked before the piece is built, not on delivery day.
- Off the shelf wall panels are never the size parks and public plazas actually needs, so schemes end up compromised. Making this one to the drawing removes that compromise.
Technical Features
How It Is Constructed
- Concealed hanging system with a levelling adjustment behind the panel
- Mirror polished by hand through successive grits until the reflection is undistorted across the whole surface
- Hand worked final surface with the tool direction controlled across the form
- Fabricated throughout in 316 stainless steel with matching filler where the material is welded
- Panel divisions set out from a developed flat pattern so the 316 stainless meets without being forced
- Edges and arrises detailed for the contact a wall panel gets in parks and public plazas
Specifications
Recorded Specification
| Material | 316 stainless steel |
|---|---|
| Finish | Mirror polished and Hand finished |
| Form | Wall Panel |
| Category | Wall Decorations |
| Size | Quoted per project |
| Minimum Order | Quoted per project |
| Placement | Outdoor and indoor |
| Lighting | Integrated lighting available |
| Packing | Foam lined plywood crate built to the finished geometry |
| Origin | Shenzhen China |
Dimensions, weight and lead time for this wall panel are confirmed with the quotation, because it is built to your drawing rather than to a wall decorations catalogue size.
Materials
What It Is Made From
- 316 stainless steel
- Integrated LED components where lighting is specified
- Stainless or galvanised fixings sized for this wall panel and supplied with it
Manufacturing Process
How It Is Made
1
Laser cutting of 316 sheet to the developed pattern
2
Cold forming of each panel over shaped bucks
3
TIG welding with matched 316 filler wire
4
Weld dressing and levelling across every seam
5
Polishing or texturing to the specified finish
6
Pickling and passivation to restore the passive layer after welding
Quality Control
What Is Checked and When
- Mill grade verified on the incoming sheet
- Filler wire matched to the parent grade and recorded
- Welds dressed and checked for undercut before polishing
- Passivation completed after all hot work
- Drainage points on water-facing pieces checked to be clear
Customisation Options
What Can Be Changed
- Base detail changed between a flush plate, a plinth and a direct planting bed fixing
- The wall panel split into transportable sections where access to parks and public plazas is restricted
- Lighting designed into the wall panel with the cable route concealed
Comparison
How It Compares With the Alternatives
Compared with 304 stainless steel
304 is the sensible choice inland. Within reach of salt spray or chlorinated water, 316 is worth the difference because it resists pitting that 304 will eventually show.
Compared with A rented or temporary installation
Rental suits an event. For a permanent position in parks and public plazas the cost of two or three rentals already covers a wall panel that stays.
Compared with A cast or moulded reproduction
A reproduction repeats a fixed size. This wall panel is built to your dimensions, which is the whole reason to commission one.
Use Guide
Looking After It Once It Is Installed
- Rinse down with fresh water after storms or pool servicing
- Wash with a neutral detergent, then dry to avoid water spotting
- Inspect drainage holes on water features twice a year
- Avoid chloride based cleaners of any kind
- Fingerprints show on a mirror surface. A neutral detergent wash and a dry microfibre cloth is all it takes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why 316 stainless steel rather than something cheaper
316 stainless steel carries molybdenum, which is what makes it hold up in salt air and around chlorinated water far better than standard grades. Sculptures near the sea or over a water feature pick up pitting within a season if the wrong grade is used. 316 is the grade that answers that.
Will the mirror finish show the welds
Not if the seams are ground level before polishing starts. Every weld on a mirror piece is dressed flat first, which is why the reflection stays undistorted across the joint.
How much of this is made by hand
The forming, seam dressing and final surface are hand work. Only the cutting and the heavier forming are machine operations.
How is a wall panel this size packed and shipped
A plywood crate is built around the finished geometry with foam on every mirror polished face. Large wall panels are split into sections at joints chosen during design, trial assembled in the workshop, then marked so they go back together in the same order on site.
What do you need from me to quote
The position, the height or overall size you want, and any drawing, render or reference photograph you already have. For parks and public plazas a photograph of the space is often enough to start.
What is the lead time
Lead time depends on the size of the wall panel, the mirror polish and how much design work it needs, so it is confirmed with the quotation rather than promised in advance. Send the brief and the schedule comes back with the price.
Quote This Piece for Your Project
Send the position, the height you want and any drawing you have. The quotation comes back against your figures, not against a catalogue size.