I ordered 10 pound and 25 pound plates. The painted hammertone finish on the 10s was beautiful. The FIRST set of 25s came to my house with CHIPS, GOUGES, and PEELING of the paint on BOTH! I returned those and re-ordered hoping to get a better set. The ordered the second for pickup and opened the box at the store. The finish of the SECOND set was ALSO CHIPPED, GOUGED, AND PEELED only in slightly fewer spots! I decided to take that set and just put them on the bar facing in or toward other similar-sized plates. And no, the problem didn't occur during shipping. The plates had sufficient packaging and cushioning. The smoothness, slight visible coating over the damaged areas, lack of chips and debris in the boxes, and that it happened TWICE shows those were factory errors pushed out to be sold to the public, most likely with no serious inspection process or oversight...very disappointed in these 25s and probably will not buy any more Weiders.