“Premium finish” means nothing on a purchase order — a finish grade tied to a defined Inspection Distance is specifiable, quotable, and checkable at receiving. The three grades mapped onto real retail placements, and the spec line to paste into your next RFQ.
On signage, sightline decides the edge method, not prestige — with one exception where edge finish is functional rather than cosmetic. The six methods from the Edge Finishing standard mapped onto real sign situations, and the spec line that makes bids comparable.
Every one of these seven is a real spec failure with a paper trail — an unmeasurable adjective, a case dimensioned before the mount existed, an open date treated as a ship date. Each mistake pairs with its Standards-language fix, so the list doubles as an RFQ checklist.
The ten vendor-qualification questions that separate a capable casework fabricator from a hopeful one — and the specific answer each question should get.
Museum Archival is a defined finish grade judged at a published inspection distance of approximately 1 foot, not an adjective a vendor awards itself. How the grade is set, what changes in the shop to hit it, and how to spec it.
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