Water faucet with small body plays a vital role in daily housing and accommodation. As we all know, every single family can't live without water. Therefore, frequent and intimate contact with water faucet is necessary. Here comes another question: how to select an ideal water faucet? Such a question is cared by almost every housewife. Then, you can get the answer here.
First of all, let us understand the classification of the so-called water faucet. Various basin mixers likesingle hole basin faucet and pull out kitchen mixer are installed above the basin and used in bathroom and kitchen. Besides, bathtub tap, shower tap and kitchen mixer are also widely applied to people's daily lives. Thus, you can choose a kind of water faucet according to the usage occasion.
High work efficiency and long service life have close relationship with the adopted material. In nowadays faucet market, the copper, alloy, ceramic and stainless steel are top four materials adopted by various water faucet. The copper water faucet often turns to chromate conversion coating and has high glossiness and strong corrosion resistance. Comparatively speaking, the alloy water faucet enjoys much more reasonable price. When it comes to the ceramic water faucet, it is famous for the advantages of no rust, no oxidation and no wearing. As to the water faucet made from stainless steel, it is acidproof, alkali-resisting and non-lead.
Spool is a key element in water faucet switch, which is used to control direction, water pressure and water rate. There, the spool can be called the heart of the water faucet. With the rapid development of science and technology, ceramic spool and stainless steel spool are widely used. The cost of ceramic spool is much more reasonable. In the meantime, it is also well-known for its good sealing performance, abrasion performance and low environmental pollution as well as the long useful life. Therefore, its application field becomes larger and larger. In terms of the stainless steel ball spool, it enjoys much larger range of adjusting the water temperature. What is more, it can control the water temperature quickly and accurately, which paves the way for saving energy. However, a small shortcoming lies in the comparatively higher price.
Electroplating implies the quality of the water faucet as well as the image of the manufacturer. The main purpose of the electroplating is to make the appearance more pleasing to the eyes. In addition, electroplating also can protect the water faucet from rust, corrosion and oxidation. Most importantly, the surface quality based on electroplating can be distinguished by naked eyes.