03-09-2006, 09:36 AM
As far as cleaning goes, white porcelin is much easier to keep clean than black porcelin or stainless steel. Smudges and imperfections show on black finishes much worse than white. (Ask anybody who paints cars.)
Once you do get your new appliances - and this includes all bathroom fixtures - put on two or three coats of wax. Regular carnuba wax or beeswax will do fine. That does wonders for making them easy to clean and keeps them nice looking for years. (I learned this from a contractor years ago.)
You can also wax older fixtures to make them look new and shiny again. We just installed a "take out" tub from the Mauna Lani which we got from a garage sale for $10. It is a real "high end" huge double tub with fancy faucet and all. A bit of cleaning and waxing and it is as good as new. The matching toilet which we got at the same garage sale for $5 doesn't look like it was ever installed.
Why pay retail?
A hui hou,
Cathy
Once you do get your new appliances - and this includes all bathroom fixtures - put on two or three coats of wax. Regular carnuba wax or beeswax will do fine. That does wonders for making them easy to clean and keeps them nice looking for years. (I learned this from a contractor years ago.)
You can also wax older fixtures to make them look new and shiny again. We just installed a "take out" tub from the Mauna Lani which we got from a garage sale for $10. It is a real "high end" huge double tub with fancy faucet and all. A bit of cleaning and waxing and it is as good as new. The matching toilet which we got at the same garage sale for $5 doesn't look like it was ever installed.
Why pay retail?
A hui hou,
Cathy
Kurt Wilson