Stainless steel appliances

[chachp]

Wow, tough crowd!

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">Stainless appliances and Glass shower doors/enclosures:</span>

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">We have them both and I like the way they look in our style of house.  I don't find them particularly difficult to keep clean.  I won't hold it against any of you, I still love all y'all.  I hope this finds everyone in good health (given our circumstances) and I wish everyone a much better 2021.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ralph</span>

 

[seedub]

I have preferred black appliances since 1977, and do not know what I will equip my kitchen with if black completely goes away.

 

[sudsmaster]

Minority opinion: I'm fine with stainless, as long as it's a non-magnetic high chrome/nickel alloy like 304 or 316. These are most corrosion-proof and cleanable metal surfaces you can get for a reasonable price (outside of precious metals like gold/silver/nickel).

That said, I appreciate the reasoning behind the Bosch SHU43C in my kitchen: it's got an all stainless interior (outside of the plastic coated racks), but a black front. The stainless is where it's highly functional.

 

[circlew]

Monel is another highly corrosion resistant metal, though somewhat more expensive than SS. It was commonly used for sinks and countertops in the 1930's, along with range tops. My dad's Uncle Fred and Aunt Hazel's kitchen had Monel sinks and counters that were original to the 1936 house. They still looked new when the house sold in 1990.

 

[sudsmaster]

From Wikipedia:

"Monel is a group of nickel alloys, primarily composed of nickel (from 52 to 67%) and copper, with small amounts of iron, manganese, carbon, and silicon. (Alloys with copper contents 60% or more are called cupronickel.)

"Stronger than pure nickel, Monel alloys are resistant to corrosion by many agents, including rapidly flowing seawater. They can be fabricated readily by hot- and cold-working, machining, and welding.[2]

"Monel was created by Robert Crooks Stanley, who worked for the International Nickel Company (INCO) in 1901. Monel alloy 400 is a binary alloy of the same proportions of nickel and copper as is found naturally in the meteoritic nickel ore from the Sudbury (Ontario) mines and is therefore considered a puritan alloy.[3][4] Monel was named after company president Ambrose Monell, and patented in 1906.[5] One L was dropped, because family names were not allowed as trademarks at that time.[1] The name is now a trademark of Special Metals Corporation.

"It is an expensive alloy, hence its use is limited to those applications where it cannot be replaced with cheaper alternatives.[citation needed] Compared to carbon steel, piping in Monel is more than 3 times as expensive.[6] "'

Given the expense, I doubt that many if any dishwashers and other home appliances are made of monel.