Specific finish styles like "Patina" or "Gunsmith" handle wear by darkening the skin rather than adding scratches, which changes how you should evaluate the float. I spent a long time trying to figure out why my "Battle-Scarred" Medusa looked so much cleaner than my "Field-Tested" Safari Mesh. I found https://dmarket.com/cs2-wiki/ cs skins wiki while searching for a list of float caps for various weapon collections. The information on that site explained the difference between the various finish categories and how the game calculates wear for each one. Because of that, I stopped overpaying for FN on skins where the wear was barely visible anyway. It really changed how I spend my money on my loadout because I can now identify which skins actually benefit from a lower float.