Metal products having improved surface properties and methods of making the same

A method of producing a metal strip, comprising:

• providing a molten metal;
• continuously casting by injecting the molten metal from a molten metal injector nozzle into a casting cavity defined between an upper moving casting surface and a lower moving casting surface that opposes the upper moving casting surface to form a cast metal article from the molten metal,
• wherein the molten metal injector nozzle is configured and positioned relative to the upper moving casting surface and the lower moving casting surface such that a first vertical distance d1 is 1.4 mm or less and a second vertical distance d2 is 1.4 mm or less, wherein the first vertical distance d1 is measured from the lower moving casting surface to a bottom exterior surface of the distal most end of the molten metal injector nozzle where the molten metal loses contact with the molten metal injector nozzle, and wherein the second vertical distance d2 is measured from the upper moving casting surface to a top exterior surface of the distal most end of the molten metal injector nozzle where the molten metal loses contact with the molten metal injector nozzle, and
• wherein the continuous casting has a meniscus oscillation frequency of between 100 to 150 Hz;
• and
• hot rolling the cast metal article after casting at a hot rolling temperature of at least about 350° C. to a gauge of 10 mm or less to produce a metal strip, wherein the hot rolling step results in a thickness reduction of the cast metal article by at least 50%.