Towel rails are common hardware accessories in bathrooms. Compared with the main bathroom components such as bathtubs and toilets, the price of towel racks is relatively cheap, and it has not attracted too much attention from consumers. Some consumers buy poor-quality brand-name towel racks at will, which will cause inconvenience to life in the future. How to choose a good quality towel rack? You can judge the quality of the towel rack by choosing materials, looking at the surface process, weighing the weight and selecting accessories.
Towel rack skill 1 material selection: copper material with good quality
When Ms. Lin from Wangxianpo Community was shopping for towel racks, she heard the merchants talk about the towel racks sold in the store. No matter what material the towel racks were made of, they said they were good, but she couldn’t tell the difference.
In fact, the materials of towel racks can be roughly divided into 4 categories: stainless steel materials, copper materials, aluminum alloy materials and zinc alloy materials. The characteristics of the stainless steel towel rack are that the structure is not tight enough and the cost is low; the all-copper towel rack has the characteristics of stable structure, not easy to oxidize, good gloss and hardness; the aluminum alloy towel rack and the zinc alloy towel rack are between the above two.
To identify the material of the towel rack, you can use a sharp instrument to scratch somewhere. After being cut open, the white metal inside is zinc alloy material; the golden yellow inside is all copper material; the aluminum alloy material has a soft texture and is easy to cut; the stainless steel material is not easy to cut.
Experts remind: When identifying the material of the towel rack, merchants generally do not allow customers to cut randomly on the surface, so as not to affect the appearance of the product. At this time, you can choose to cut on the base of the towel rack or the inner wall of the towel bar, so as to achieve the test effect without affecting the appearance of the product.
Towel rack skill 2 Look at the surface: the electroplating treatment is exquisite
Mr. Lan, the owner of Lijiang Village Community, had a towel rack that rusted after only one year of use. He said that the rusty towel rails had lost their function and affected the aesthetics of the bathroom, which was quite depressing to see. According to reports, when Mr. Lan was renovating in July 2007, he bought this towel rack without knowing the situation of the product. After a few months of use, the surface of the towel rack began to bulge and the plating began to peel off, leading to the current situation.
It is reported that due to the humid environment in the bathroom, the surface of the towel rack must be electroplated. At present, there are mainly three electroplating methods: chrome plating, gold plating and wire drawing, among which chrome plating is the most widely used one. Before electroplating, it is necessary to polish and decontaminate the rough blank of the towel rack to ensure the stable adsorption of the electroplating layer. The thickness of the coating is generally calculated in microns, which cannot be judged by the naked eye, but the quality of the product can be distinguished by the gloss and flatness.
Expert reminder: When purchasing a towel rack, you can observe its surface coating under light or strong light to judge its gloss; moreover, you can use your fingertips to stroke the surface of the towel rack to feel its smoothness and whether there are foreign objects raised. Smooth and flat products are of better quality.
Towel Rack Tips 3 Weight: Not the heavier the better
When it comes to towel racks, Mr. Qu, the owner of Xingheyuan, said he felt cheated. He once slipped in the bathroom, accidentally snapped off a towel bar, and found it had stuffing in it. When he first bought the towel rack, he felt that it felt heavy, so he judged that the product was of good quality, but he didn’t expect to be passive.
Regardless of the material of the towel rack, the rod tube is hollow. Some unscrupulous manufacturers, in order to deceive consumers, fill the hollow towel rack rod with cement and other items to increase the weight of the product. This is harmful and not beneficial. The increased weight is not conducive to the stability of the towel rack, and it is easy to cause the screws to loosen, and even cause the towel rack to fall off as a whole. Consumers should not be fooled by the weight of the towel rack when purchasing, so as not to lose the big because of the small.
Expert reminder: When purchasing, you can open the seal of the towel bar to observe its internal condition. The seal of the general towel bar is relatively tight. Consumers can also estimate the weight of the towel rack by weighing it with their hands. If the towel rack feels heavy and the price is relatively cheap, consumers should pay more attention.
Towel rack skill 4 Pick accessories: choose stainless steel accessories
The towel rack in the bathroom of Mr. Civic District has been loose during use recently. He pulled it with his hand and pulled the towel rack out of the wall. It turns out that the screws of the towel rack have been oxidized and rusted, and cannot be effectively fixed in the wall, which affects the normal use of the towel rack. When choosing a towel rail, look not only at the surface, but also at details like screws, bases, and welds.
It is understood that due to the large humidity and temperature difference in the bathroom, ordinary screws are easy to rust under these conditions, and the towel rack should use stainless steel screws to achieve the purpose of moisture resistance and oxidation resistance. Copper is a common base material for towel racks. According to different materials, it can be divided into 59 copper (the unit content of copper is 59%) and 62 copper (the unit content of copper is 62%). If the content is lower than 59 copper , does not meet the requirements of the national standard. Welding is also a detail that consumers tend to overlook. The welding seam needs to be polished, otherwise the protruding welding seam will not only affect the appearance, but also cause inconvenience to consumers during use.
Experts remind: when purchasing, consumers should not take the above details lightly. They should observe whether the welded part of the towel rack has been polished, and beware of merchants distributing non-stainless steel screw accessories, etc. Branded towel racks pay more attention to the quality of details, it is recommended to buy branded towel racks.
Under the light, tilt the towel bar to better observe the glossiness of the electroplating layer on its surface.
When purchasing a towel rack, you can open the seal of the towel bar to see if there is a filler inside.
Scissors can be used to cut the inner wall of the towel bar to identify the material. The small picture shows that the cut pieces are golden yellow, which can be judged to be all copper.
