How do I choose a towel rack

Towel racks are a common bathroom hardware accessory. Compared with bathtubs, toilets and other bathroom staples, towel racks are relatively cheap and have not attracted much attention from consumers. Some consumers freely buy the poor quality of the miscellaneous brand towel rack, causing inconvenience in the future life. How to choose a good quality towel rack? You can judge the quality of the towel rack by selecting the material, looking at the surface process, weighing and selecting accessories and other skills.

Bathroom towel rod, there are generally single rod, double rod, multi rod rotation products on the market. While the towel ring and towel rod have a single function, generally just used to hang towels, towel rack is more practical, can put clean clothes and towels on it.

Tip 1 Choose the material

Copper material is of good quality

When she was shopping for a towel rack in Wangxianpo District, Miss Lin heard the store's towel rack sold in the shop, no matter what the material of the towel rack is said to be good, but she could not distinguish.

In fact, the material of towel racks can be roughly divided into four categories: stainless steel material, copper material, aluminum alloy material and zinc alloy material. Stainless steel towel rack is characterized by not tight enough structure and low cost; The copper towel rack has the characteristics of stable structure, not easy oxidation, good gloss and hardness; Aluminum alloy towel rack and zinc alloy towel rack are between the above two.

Identify the fabric of the towel rack and use a sharp instrument to cut at a particular spot. Open, inside the white metal is zinc alloy material; The golden inside is all copper; Aluminum alloy material soft texture, easy to cut; Stainless steel is not easy to cut.

Experts remind: when identifying the material of towel rack, businesses generally do not allow customers to cut randomly on its surface, so as not to affect the appearance of the product. At this time, you can choose to cut 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.

Tip 2 Look at the surface

Electroplating treatment is particular

The towel rack of Mr. LAN, the owner of Lijiang Village Community, has rusted after only one year of use. He says the rusty towel racks have become infunctional and deface the bathroom, which is frustrating to see. According to the report, Mr. LAN in July 2007, when the decoration, did not know the product conditions arbitrarily bought the towel rack. After a few months of use, the surface of the towel rack began to bulge and the plating began to peel off.

Because of the humidity 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, the hair embryo of the towel rack should be polished and decontaminated to ensure stable adsorption of the electroplating layer. The thickness of the coating is generally calculated in microns, which can not be judged by the human eye, but the advantages and disadvantages of the product can be identified by gloss and flatness.

Expert reminder: when choosing a towel rack, you can observe its surface coating under light or strong light to judge its gloss; In addition, you can touch the surface of the towel rack with your fingertips to feel for smoothness and if there are any bumps. Smooth, flat products are of better quality.