Stainless Steel Sheet - Bright Finish

Item: 1st Choice Metals
Rating: 5
Author: Martin Marsh

Grade 304 Stainless Steel Sheet with a Bright Annealed Finish – Similar To a Bright Polish. Choice Of Thicknesses And Sizes Available – Order Below ‘Cut To Size’

If you can’t see the size that you require, give us a call on 01905 774 623.

Trade Account

Credit accounts & discounts area available. Simply get in tocuh and speak to us directly.

Free Cutting Service

1 x Free Cut - per line item purchased - receive the item at the exact length required for the job

Folding Service

We are able to offer our Aluminium Sheets & Chequer Plates and Stainless Steel Sheets folded to the customers specifications

1st Choice Metals Ltd

4.9

Based on 727 reviews

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Alan G

21:41 14 Nov 25

Ordered aluminium and steel several times, brilliant service, never an issue and cheap delivery

Gareth Thomas

13:54 14 Nov 25

Baught some cuts of large Brass bar to make weiughts for my Recurve Bow. Very pleased with the availability of bar size and also with the simplicity of the order interface. Delivery was really quick, although might have been quicker if not sent by royal mail who seem to have an avertion to delivering if you are not in!?

Vas Shosh

12:50 14 Nov 25

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Richard Bradley

08:02 13 Nov 25

item perfect very fast delivery

David Yorke

17:14 11 Nov 25

Fantastic quick service ordering 8 J Gutters cut to length for my Narrowboat windows :-)

David Batten

18:46 10 Nov 25

Good descriptions of produce on the website and competitive pricing. Good timely delivery, too, with adequate packaging.

Michael Quirke

17:35 09 Nov 25

I ordered an aluminium sheet that needed to be cut at around 4.00pm on Monday, it arrived around midday the following day! Seriously impressed!

Paul Harris

11:20 09 Nov 25

Excellent service and communication. The aluminium channel lengths were cut perfectly and delivered as promised. A pleasure to do business with 1st Choice Metals

martin david reilly

20:05 07 Nov 25

Excellent product and service as always, thanks.

MichaelOnline

14:34 07 Nov 25

A very good service. Thank you.

Dave Neye

18:42 06 Nov 25

Goods as described. Good quality and speedy delivery.
Would highly recommend

John Warda

19:45 24 Oct 25

I've used this company a few times now and have not been disappointed with the service.
Ordering is easy, and they accept small orders, a plus point.
Delivery is fast, reasonably priced. The items are well packaged.
I shall continue to use this company and would recommend them to anyone looking for good service and decent pricing.

Kristina Jendesen

17:56 23 Oct 25

Great service and price (wish I had discovered them earlier). Highly recommended

Michael Bayle

12:34 22 Oct 25

Excellent quality and service Super quick delivery.

Paul & Debbie Newton

09:08 22 Oct 25

Needed some alloy tubing only 200mm, great service, fast delivery, just what I needed.
Thank you

Chris Chivers

09:48 16 Oct 25

Really efficient service with a quality product and good value for money

andrew willcox

13:02 14 Oct 25

Great service quick delivery got no hesitations in ordering from them again on the future for projects

Melvyn Hodgkins

12:16 13 Oct 25

Hartley Davies

10:50 13 Oct 25

Great service. Order dispatched promptly.

priestley26

14:30 11 Oct 25

Placed an order for some aluminium channel and received it within a couple of days,
Great service

Chris Olive

10:07 08 Oct 25

Good quality and arrived quickly. Price was also good, I would highly recommend.

colinogden

11:16 07 Oct 25

First class service, prompt delivery and excellent material. I will be purchasing more very soon and regularly.

John Franks

18:44 06 Oct 25

Had the Size of tube I required, Reasonable prices, Well wrapped delivery, will use again.

gerard scrafton

10:37 01 Oct 25

Very quick delivery and exactly as described 👍

Carl Hogg

06:28 30 Sep 25

Got the metal I wanted at a good price. No minimum order and delivered fast and well packaged.

David Wye

20:52 26 Sep 25

Single length of Aluminium product purchased - prompt despatch , well packaged . Impressed , recommended .👍👍

John pocock

11:34 25 Sep 25

Excellent firm i will definitely be using them again. Very fast delivery

Mick Chadwick

07:47 25 Sep 25

Good product, quick delivery.

Robert Bryson

13:46 19 Sep 25

Thanks all

Lads Very friendly / polite & professional
great communication throughout the order
Will definitely use again

Cheers Rob

Geoffrey Fishlock

13:34 08 Sep 25

Never had no communication with this company But on placing orders they are very prompt and you get what you pay for well recommended

michael uszkiewicz

08:36 05 Sep 25

Ian Jones

13:26 04 Sep 25

Excellent service and always good value

carl rowlands

19:52 03 Sep 25

Great service and great products

Martin Marsh

11:30 02 Sep 25

My order was accurately & speedily measured & put together, nicely packed, & promptly delivered.

maldwyn evans

20:03 29 Aug 25

Good relaiable company to deal with, and fair prices

U Brain

11:18 29 Aug 25

Efficient, accurate and cost effective - can't complain :-)

David Major

07:58 29 Aug 25

Very quick and efficient

Vivienne Benson

12:01 28 Aug 25

Brilliant communication and fast and efficient service.

Peter Wall

09:49 28 Aug 25

Great company, Very quick service and good materials !

Robert DRIVER

11:14 26 Aug 25

A very happy shopping experience, excellent customer service with a prompt delivery.

David Evans

22:18 25 Aug 25

Needed some aluminium profiles for a project. Used 1st choice metals website to order, easy to use and delivered speedily. We'll packaged too. Will certainly use again for upcoming projects.

AAndrea Andrea

12:47 20 Aug 25

Great service and packaging even on a tiny order. Thank you

noel noelsmyth@live.co.uk

18:58 19 Aug 25

Brilliant service

Mark Challenger

10:02 19 Aug 25

Perfect. Very quick delivery. Cut to size

keith ogden

07:38 19 Aug 25

excellent service and quick delivery highly recomended

Bob Henson

15:42 14 Aug 25

Thee item supplied was exactly as advertised and was supplieed promptly and at a reasonable price.

Mark Ambrose

10:10 13 Aug 25

Great service, speedy delivery and value for money for 1 metre of 12.7mm brass round tube. This type of tube is a staple product for our business "George Juniper" and this is the first time we have used 1st Choice Metals Ltd. We will definitely be back for more of their products.

Mark Walton

20:25 12 Aug 25

Aluminium plate was cut perfectly to the size I ordered
Well packaged and delivered when they said it would be
First class service
Will be ordering again from them for sure

Andy Mayson

11:20 12 Aug 25

!st Choice Metals did exactly what they promised and the product arrived well wrapped and to exactly the right size.
Unfortunately, although it was posted on time for 24 hour delivery the Royal Mail did not deliver it for 2 days. Disappointing, but I guess sending it by courier would have cost more.

M HOUDAIFA

09:20 11 Aug 25

Very good quality. Fast delivery, no issues, as described goods.

Alan Mills

16:48 06 Aug 25

As ordered . Fast delivery

IAN HARVEY

17:24 05 Aug 25

Got it safely and unmarked, reasonably quickly too

Robin and Gail Elms

16:17 04 Aug 25

Excellent service - prompt, great communication, and great product. Exactly as described. Highly recommended from my experience. Thanks!

nick conway

11:10 04 Aug 25

Very fast and very good quality.. definitely would use again

Richard M

10:14 02 Aug 25

Great, easy website, fast delivery all at a decent cost, products are first class,

David Ruston

23:16 29 Jul 25

Many thanks for your speedy service excellent product much appreciated all the best to you and your company many thanks dave.

Christopher Peeling

12:24 28 Jul 25

Sheet Alluminium I received arrived exactly on time in good quality and did the job exactly what it was purchased for, very easily.
Really satisfied.

Jaclyn McManus

09:23 28 Jul 25

Item arrived promptly and to the measurements requested

ray s

06:19 26 Jul 25

Ordering on the website was easy, great you can get material cut to size and quick delivery. Everything arrived as ordered and even when we made an error they were quick to support returning the items. Couldn't fault them and since first order we have ordered more. Such a great company to do business with. Any questions just ask them as easy to talk with.

Ray Pettit

08:46 25 Jul 25

They did their job very well!

Fiona

21:30 23 Jul 25

Excellent service and perfect size. I was able to bend to fit my campervan edge. Used u trim to edge it. Will definitely use this company again! Much cheaper than I expected with really quick despatch and delivery.

Alan Woodward

16:05 22 Jul 25

Easy to use website and telephone help if you need it. 1st Choice have a very wide range of sizes, complete with "cut to size" options. My free delivery order was shipped same day and arrived as promised. 1st Choice every time for me.

Gareth Large

08:36 03 Jun 25

Have been using this service for hobby metals for many years, although only small orders I have always had a 5 star service. Allways my go to site for metal, amazing stock list. Friendly and helpful always. Thank you

Lee Turner

20:54 25 Mar 25

James Christelow

20:23 24 Mar 25

Exactly as ordered, very pleased with purchase and prompt delivery

Barracuda UK

10:11 19 Mar 25

Right price, right delivery, website is great. no issues. Can't ask for any more.

mick sollis

18:26 18 Mar 25

Have used a few times great service and cost will be using again.

V Tazey

17:42 12 Mar 25

I can't fault them. I needed stainless steel rods to create a fram to net over our fish pond. Quickly and safely delivered, just the job, thanks

Ron Vass

09:44 19 Feb 25

Truly excellent service for such a small job!
I needed some small rectangular aluminium sheets made up to use as Tiller Hoods to fix the tiller to the rudder for a Mirror Dinghy! The 1mm thick 200mm x 100mm sheets were just £1.07 each excluding vat and as the postage was 3x that amount I decided to order 10 for future projects! 1st Choice Metals provided a superb very cost effective service and cut the sheets with quick delivery.
I am truly delighted with them.

Richard Abraham

19:35 18 Feb 25

Easy to navigate website and hassle free purchase. Excellent customer service when item delivered was damaged by delivery service, replaced immediately without fuss. I hope they got compensation from courier.

Adam G

13:49 18 Feb 25

Fast and friendly staff, use them for materials for work and never had a problem with supply. The cutting service is a big help too, I can just order what i need, pick it up and fit, no faffing about.

Lauren Pots

12:00 25 Sep 24

I bought a plate of brass 3mm thick to be used on a drawing board. It was dispatched very quickly and packaged against a wooden board in order that it didn’t get damaged. Brilliant service, thank you.

Grade 304 Stainless Steel sheet is a popular and versatile cold rolled product that is available in a choice of surface finishes. On this page, we will be looking at Grade 304, Bright Annealed Stainless Steel Sheet otherwise known as BA.

Bright Annealing is a heat treatment during which the oxygen is removed from the atmosphere, either by creating a vacuum, alternatively by displacement as a result of the addition of dry hydrogen or argon.

The result is a fantastic decorative bright, shiny, reflective, mirror like finish on both sides of the sheet. If required, this can then be buffed to produce an even better and more reflective finish.

Grade 304 bright stainless steel sheet is suitable for bending – should you require your stainless steel sheet folding then please contact us for a quote.

Although the Bright Annealed finish is not quite as perfect and reflective as mirror polished stainless steel sheet, it is very close and is an excellent cost effective alternative. Another advantage of Bright Annealed Stainless Steel sheet against Mirror Polished Stainless Steel is that as with any kind of polish, a mirror polish will be removed when scratched – but because Bright Annealing is a heat treatment, the material is shiny all of the way through the thickness of the sheet and therefore will still remain bright if scratched.

All of our Bright Annealed Stainless Sheet comes with a protective PVC coating on one side of the sheet to help protect is smooth, bright & shiny finish during the cutting process. Once your sheet has been delivered and your project is complete, simply peel off the PVC coating, and you will be left with a blemish free shiny surface.

Being manufactured in grade 304 means that our bright annealed stainless steel sheet is extremely anti corrosive and therefore is suitable for outdoor use as well as indoor applications where it will be in contact with water or where there is a lot of moisture, for example steam, in the atmosphere.

Cheaper grades of stainless steel sheet such as grade 430, contain a lower percentage of chromium in their composition, and therefore whilst performing ok initially these lower grades will corrode / rust over time. For this reason, Grade 304 Stainless Sheet is often the preferred choice for people who are wanting to make stylish modifications to trucks, cars & motorbikes. A perfect example of this is www.smiffysbits.co.uk where owner Mark manufactures a huge range of customised Shiny Stainless Steel parts and accessories for the classic Mini. Whether you are looking for Stainless Steel Cill Protector Plates, a Stainless Steel Fuse Box Cover or a Stainless Steel Radiator Cover, you can order them all online, and very nice they are too!

Bright Annealed Stainless Steel sheet is also often used in the manufacture of catering equipment, storage tanks, at MOT test centres (used as mirrors for checking the operation of headlights whilst the technician remains in the vehicle), for decorative cladding, and on trade counters & work benches.

Being an austenitic stainless, grade 304 Stainless Steel is non magnetic – meaning it will not hold a magnet.

We stock Bright Annealed Stainless Steel sheet in a choice of 3 different thicknesses – 0.9mm, 1.2mm, 1.5mm and you can buy each thickness cut to the size that you require, delivered quickly right here.

Stainless Steel Sheet - Bright Finish