Stainless is more durable in comparison to chrome. Even with heavy use, it won’t dent easily. It can stand the impact of high speed water and remain without any wear. The service life of stainless steel faucets can be more than 10 years.
If the faucet has also been covered with a thick chromium oxide layer, the surface of stainless steel also has excellent corrosion resistance. It won’t rust and corrode as quickly as other metals.
Stainless steel is also better at disguising water spots and finger smudges, maintaining its shiny appearance. This makes it easy to maintain such faucets. You just need to regularly wipe dry the surface of the faucet with a soft cloth.
However, they are not impervious to scratching and spotting. To prevent the water spots from forming, you can dry the faucet with a soft cloth every time it gets wet. If you already got spots on your kitchen faucet , you can get rid of them with the help of white vinegar. Stainless steel faucets also tend to get scratches quite easily. One way to avoid them is to avoid any rough cleaning products and brushes. Instead, use only a soft cloth for cleaning its surface.
Stainless steel faucets also have good high and low temperature resistance. It resists scaling and shows exceptional toughness at very high temperatures.There's a wide variety of kitchen and bathroom faucets available in stainless steel. Most of them are also less expensive compared to the chrome fixtures.
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