| Surface Finish | Definition | Application | |
| 2B | Finished by heat treatment , picking or equipvalent cold rolling , followed by skin pass to obtain adequate luster surface. | With bright and smooth surface ,easy for further grinding to obtain brighter surface ,suitable for medical instruments ,milk containers ,tableware and so on. | |
| BA | Bright heat treatment after cold rolling. | Structual members .etc.kitchen utensil ,cutlery ,eleltric applicances ,medical instruments ,building decorations ,etc. | |
| NO.3/NO.4 | Polished with No.150-240 abrasives. | Milky food processing equipment , medicalinstruments ,building decorations. | |
| HL | Finshed by polishing with abrasives of suitable grain size to obtain continuous streaks. | Building decorations ,such as elevators ,escalators ,door etc. | |
| 6K/8K | A mirror-like reflective surface ,which is obtained by polishing with successively finer abrasives and buffing extensively with all gritlines are removed. | Buliding entrances,bulkding column casting ,elevator's wall doors ,counters,sculptures etc. | |
HL stainless steel is widely used in building decoration.