SG 553 | Waves Perforated (Factory New)

Skin overview

SG 553 | Waves Perforated is a Consumer Grade rifle finish with a cool grey-blue scheme, sprayed through ripped tape strips and perforated metal. In Factory New the dot grid stays crisp across the whole body, and the wavy light and dark bands keep sharp edges. The factory-new window on this skin is narrow, so these copies show the stencil work in its most complete form.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Factory New

The receiver, the long railed handguard and the scope housing are covered in a grid of small perforation dots laid over wavy bands of pale blue-grey and darker steel grey. The same pattern continues onto the curved magazine, the pistol grip and the skeletal stock, so the rifle reads as one continuous texture. The barrel, muzzle device and scope lenses stay black and frame the painted body. Because it is spray paint, wear appears first on the rail ribs, the edges of the magazine, the top of the scope and the stock edges, where the dots rub away to dark metal before the flatter sides of the receiver.

The dot grid and the wave bands are complete on every part of the rifle. Rail ribs, magazine edges and the scope top show no rubbed spots. In game the pattern reads as a fine, even texture with clear contrast between the light and dark bands. Everything on the weapon looks clean.

Factory New wear: float 0.06–0.07

The float of SG 553 | Waves Perforated ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Factory New quality covers 0.06–0.07 — 1% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Lake Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

Price by quality

By price this skin is 4th of 8 skins Consumer Grade SG 553 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Muted stickers in grey, white, navy or steel blue blend with the cool palette, while a single orange or red accent stands out cleanly against it. The flat sides of the receiver and the magazine area suit placements best, since the dense dot texture leaves little room for busy designs.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the top of a grade look noticeably cleaner on the rails and magazine.
• Inspect the rail ribs, magazine edges and scope top, as these lose paint first.
• Souvenir copies exist, so check whether the item carries stickers and whether you want them.
• Look for a name tag if you prefer the item without one.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the stencil pattern complete on every part.
• Players building a clean, cool-toned terrorist loadout.
• Conclusion: the grade for those who value an intact pattern most.