| Brass is a metal that we humans have been using | | | | feelings of comfort for those using it. It is one |
| for thousands of years. It has had mention | | | | which, when paired properly with other fixtures, |
| numerous times in both history and prehistory, | | | | can turn the act of walking into a bathroom into a |
| and it even has several mentions in the King | | | | visual extravaganza. |
| James Bible. Due to this, it is now known all over | | | | Hygienic properties - It is a little known fact that |
| the world due to its weight, durability and appeal. | | | | brass is actually germicidal in nature. This is due to |
| This has carried on even to the bathroom | | | | the oligodynamic effect, which is caused by the |
| fixtures of the present day. With their | | | | copper in brass: this effect denatures several |
| advantages, a brass bathroom faucet may be the | | | | enzymes in most microorganisms, which |
| best choice of fixture you can get for your | | | | effectively kills them. This makes a brass |
| bathroom. Let this article list the reasons why. | | | | bathroom faucet probably one of the cleanest |
| Durability - It is well known among architects, | | | | yet safest fixtures to place in your home. |
| interior designers and engineers alike that a brass | | | | There are a few things that you would need to |
| faucet fixture will far outlast any of its plated or | | | | keep in mind, though, before you go off and buy |
| non metal counterparts. This is particularly true | | | | yourself the first bathroom faucet you see. The |
| when you constantly run hard water through your | | | | first thing you have to take note of is that brass |
| bathroom faucets: hard water will corrode most | | | | bathroom faucets are particularly expensive, |
| other metals (even plated ones) yet it will have | | | | which means you will have to cough up quite an |
| little to no effect on a brass bathroom faucet. | | | | amount of cash for good bathroom fixtures. Also, |
| Actually, it is not only the metal itself that lasts a | | | | you will have to watch out for the many |
| long time, but its finish as well: brass bathroom | | | | imitations out there, some of which will claim that |
| faucets, especially those that are coated with | | | | their fixtures are made from pure brass, when in |
| electroplated chrome or a simple finish that | | | | fact they are only selling plated metal or worse, |
| prevents oxidation, are known to last a lifetime | | | | plated plastic. A good test for this is to hold the |
| with little need for scrutiny in the form of polishes | | | | fixture in your hand, as brass fixtures will weigh a |
| and waxes. | | | | lot more than ones made out of other metals. |
| Appeal - A brass bathroom faucet has a rustic | | | | Keep these in mind and be aware in order to be |
| yet classic aesthetic to it. Its color, which | | | | able to get the best brass faucets that will truly |
| resembles a muted shade of gold, is a classic one, | | | | be worth what you spend on them. |
| a nice warm shade that can evoke very subtle | | | | |