MetaliQ is Modulux liquid metal coating for architects, interior designers, and fabrication partners who want the authenticity of real metal without the usual constraints of sheet metal fabrication. Traditional metalwork often demands fixed geometry, visible seams, heavy assemblies, and compromises around corners, reveals, and large surfaces. MetaliQ changes that starting point. It delivers a true metal layer as an architectural coating, allowing the surface to read as metal while the structure stays efficient and buildable.
MetaliQ is applied to carefully prepared substrates such as MDF, wood, composite panels, stone, and existing metal elements. After application, the surface is refined through controlled finishing so the final result aligns with an approved reference sample. This approach supports a consistent architectural metal finish across an entire project, even when different substrates are used across trades. Feature walls, door portals, cabinetry, columns, and sculptural elements can share the same tone, texture, and sheen. For premium interiors, this consistency is often what makes the space feel intentional, quiet, and complete.
Because MetaliQ is a liquid metal finish, it supports curved geometry, wrapped edges, and sharp detailing that is difficult to achieve with solid sheet metal. Designers can specify brushed, satin, polished, darkened, or patinated finishes and keep that finish language continuous across multiple elements, from a large wall plane to a small trim detail. The result is real metal materiality with the control and repeatability required for specification.
Sheet metal is often the default assumption when a project calls for metal finishes, but it comes with inherent constraints that can conflict with architectural intent. Large panels require seams and breaks. Corners demand folds that interrupt the grain, alter reflectivity, and add visual noise. Weight can increase substructure requirements and complicate installation. Even when fabrication quality is high, a sheet based solution may struggle to deliver a calm, continuous surface across long runs, tight curves, and detailed edges.
MetaliQ solves these issues by providing a real metal surface as a liquid metal coating, applied with controlled build and then refined for the specified finish. Instead of designing around seams, the finish is designed around light. Instead of accepting limitations in radius and geometry, the surface can follow the form, including wrapped edges, crisp reveals, and sculptural volumes. MetaliQ is particularly valuable when the base material is MDF joinery, wood carpentry, composites, or stone, and the brief requires a true metal finish that stays coherent across multiple elements.
For architects and interior designers, this means metal becomes part of the overall material palette rather than a separate fabrication problem. MetaliQ supports architectural surfaces where the finish quality must remain consistent from one panel to the next, from one space to the next, and from one production batch to the next. It is a practical approach to liquid metal architectural finishes with controlled sheen, tactile depth, and a seamless appearance.
MetaliQ is selected when the project needs real metal as a finish with architectural clarity. It allows the designer to specify metal across a wider range of components without committing to heavy metal construction. This is especially useful for interior architecture where the structure is best built in MDF, wood, or composites, but the visual intention calls for brass, bronze, copper, zinc, or stainless steel tones. In these cases, MetaliQ functions as an architectural metal coating that brings the desired materiality to the surface while keeping fabrication efficient.
In hospitality, retail, and premium residential interiors, MetaliQ is often used to keep a consistent metal language across multiple touchpoints. Wall cladding can align with cabinetry fronts. A door portal can match adjacent feature panels. Columns and ceiling details can hold the same sheen and texture as furniture elements. This continuity helps reduce fragmentation in the space and supports a quiet luxury presence that feels integrated rather than applied.
MetaliQ also supports site specific finish development. Designers can choose a brushed direction to guide reflections, select satin levels to soften glare, introduce polished highlights for focal moments, or develop layered patinas that bring depth and character. Because the finish is refined after application, the final look is tunable and controlled, which is critical for specification and for matching finishes across multiple zones of a project.
MetaliQ begins with a design driven premise. Metal should behave as a surface language, not as a construction constraint. In many interiors, the best substrate for precision joinery and stable geometry is MDF, wood, or composite. Yet the desired visual result is often a real metal finish with depth, tactility, and controlled reflectivity. MetaliQ bridges that gap by bringing genuine metal to the surface through a liquid metal coating process.
The process combines industrial precision with careful hand refinement. After application, the surface is finished through controlled sanding, brushing, polishing, and conditioning to achieve the specified texture and sheen. For designers who want more expressive surfaces, MetaliQ also supports darkening and patination techniques that add tonal layering while remaining aligned to an approved sample. The finish is then protected with a clear topcoat selected for the project conditions, helping the surface remain stable and serviceable in daily use.
What emerges is not a graphic effect or a printed imitation. It is a real metal surface that can sit beside stone, timber, plaster, and glass and feel materially honest. In practice, MetaliQ is often used where sheet metal would introduce seams, where geometry is too complex for clean folding, or where the project requires one consistent metal finish across multiple components. This is where the dialogue between light, geometry, and material becomes most legible, and where a restrained luxury presence can be achieved without visual clutter.
MetaliQ creates a true metal surface, with the depth and reflectivity designers expect from architectural metal finishes. The material reads as metal at every distance, from a close tactile touchpoint to a long wall plane. This makes it suitable for premium interiors where authenticity matters, such as feature walls, door portals, counters, and custom joinery elements that define the atmosphere of a space.
MetaliQ is defined by finish control and by the ability to keep that control consistent across a project. The same liquid metal coating can be specified in a restrained satin tone for wall cladding, then carried into a slightly brighter brushed finish for cabinetry fronts, and refined into polished highlights for trims and focal details. This range makes it easier to design with metal as a coherent language rather than a single surface moment.
Brushed and satin finishes are often chosen for their architectural calm. They reduce glare, soften reflections, and allow the space to feel balanced under both daylight and artificial lighting. Polished surfaces can be used selectively where the design needs a sharper reflection or a more jewel like detail. Darkened and blackened effects bring depth and contrast, supporting palettes with timber, stone, plaster, and matte surfaces.
For projects seeking more character, MetaliQ supports patination and oxidation effects that introduce layered tonality. The emphasis remains on control. Patina work is developed to an approved sample and aligned through finishing steps so the result is repeatable and suitable for specification. This is what makes MetaliQ a reliable liquid metal finish for premium interiors, hospitality environments, and custom fabrication where consistency is as important as beauty.
MetaliQ can deliver the look and feel of a wide range of real metals commonly specified in architectural finishes. Typical selections include brass, bronze, copper, zinc, aluminum, and stainless steel tonalities. When the project requires a match to an existing metal element, Modulux can develop a custom finish direction using a physical reference and produce control samples so the final work aligns with the approved target.
Request a finish sample or share your substrate and geometry, and we will confirm the best route for interior or exterior use. We can also help align Smoked Patina Brass with adjacent materials so the metal reads coherent under your project lighting.
