| Bright is back. After years of matte bathroom fixture | | | | wipe and no cleaner according to American Standard. |
| finishes, the bright and shiny bathroom fixture has | | | | They claim the finish doesn't require abrasives and |
| returned in all its gleaming glory. No longer | | | | resists soap and water from adhering to the surface, |
| passé, polished chrome denotes a definitive | | | | making them easier to clean without using an abrasive. |
| turn for bathrooms and using chrome in the bathroom | | | | If you're thinking of replacing your faucets or selecting |
| again can create just the right statement for your bath | | | | a chrome finish, this new faucet finish just might make |
| retreat. | | | | your cleaning easier. Polished chrome is a beautiful |
| Selecting finishes | | | | finish but it does require the extra step in cleaning and |
| Choosing the right fixture for your bathroom usually | | | | that's the step many homeowner's neglect but that |
| starts with finding the finish that's right for your home. | | | | five star hotels get right. |
| The starting point at selecting a finish is with the style | | | | Final cleaning step |
| of the fixture, whether that's contemporary or | | | | I'd always wondered what it is about a hotel kind of |
| traditional. If you have an old-fashioned claw foot tub, | | | | clean that's so appealing and why a hotel often looks |
| you'd want to select a finish that looks appropriate for | | | | so sparkling clean as opposed to a typical home. The |
| a vintage style bath. Accessories are another guiding | | | | first thing that came to mind is that hotels know all |
| element in selecting finish. If the lighting and towel bars | | | | about cleaning. Unlike most homeowners, cleaning is |
| are brushed nickel, then brushed nickel fixtures make | | | | what hotels do every single day. Besides the usual |
| sense. But when it comes to plated chrome finishes, | | | | making of beds, vacuuming, scrubbing, and dusting, |
| some bathroom styles are natural choices for shiny | | | | there's one final thing that hotels do that most |
| fixtures. | | | | homeowners don't think about and that's polishing. Yes, |
| Design drivers | | | | polishing is the often overlooked "final act" in cleaning. |
| Bright and shiny finishes are becoming the finish of | | | | For instance, a tub faucet might be scrubbed with |
| choice since the introduction of the spa bath. These | | | | cleaner, then rinsed, and then forgotten during the |
| bathrooms have the feel and appeal of a spa and | | | | typical home style cleaning. However, a hotel maid |
| brightly polished fixtures look terrific here. Likewise, | | | | would take the final step and wipe the faucet off with |
| polished fixtures look beautiful in vintage bathrooms | | | | a soft, dry cloth and polish it to make it spot-free. |
| and art deco baths. Contemporary bathrooms also are | | | | If you have polished chrome fixtures, this small extra |
| complemented by polished fixtures. Shiny chrome | | | | step is all you need to keep your chrome looking good |
| fixtures have an ageless appeal and this could be the | | | | and make the finish last longer - and make the whole |
| driving factor in its resurgence in popularity. It's also less | | | | bathroom look and feel cleaner. My cleaning cloth of |
| expensive than bronze, brass, or nickel fixtures. I think | | | | choice for this is microfiber because of its polishing |
| there might be another reason, too: it's clean-looking. | | | | ability and because it can take dried splatters, like |
| More and more people are looking for that clean | | | | toothpaste, off easily. Polished chrome fixtures are |
| feeling in their baths. What's the drawback to gleaming | | | | beautiful - and with American Standard's new |
| chrome fixtures? | | | | EverClean(TM) finishes and wonderful microfiber |
| The reason for the appeal - cleaning. American | | | | cleaning cloths - keeping those fixtures gleaming might |
| Standard has introduced a new faucet finish called the | | | | not be as difficult as it once was. |
| EverClean(TM) Faucet Finish that only requires one | | | | |