How to distinguish true and false brass faucets

Since 2005 , as copper prices have risen steadily, some unscrupulous merchants have used stainless steel, zinc alloys, magnesium alloys, and aluminum alloys as substitutes in pursuit of high profits. This not only brings about a reduction in product quality, but also directly affects the health of consumers.

Therefore, as the home water system terminal, the faucet is not only related to your health, but also directly related to the safety of home life. In order to choose a high-quality copper faucet, consumers need to keep their eyes open and carefully selected. Be fooled by the merchant's rhetoric or ultra-low prices.

Here, Honglian bathroom provides you with several methods based on our own knowledge, for reference.

First, look, first of all, high-quality copper faucet, after polishing, electroplating, the surface of its shiny crystal, light can be identified, no corrosion, no oxidation spots, while the alloy is not. Secondly, it is worth noting that carefully observing the cross-section interface of the faucet is a matter of copper. Many profiteers will use the electroplating or copper water treatment at the interface of the cross section in order to prevent this from revealing flaws. You can use a knife to scrape at the cross-section interface. A moment, you can determine its authenticity.

Second, touch, copper electroplating products have a heavy sense of hand touch, with the volume of the product heavier, copper products electroplating, the surface resistance is greater, stainless steel and other products after electroplating, hand touch more slippery.
Third, knock, with a finger tap the main faucet, whether the sound is dull, such as the sound when the tap is crisp, it is stainless steel.

Fourth, ask, if the product price is super cheap, but there is no special reason, you have to be careful, because the copper price is there!

Fifth, check, check accessories, good products, accessories ( fasteners ), etc. will also be copper or stainless steel, if iron products, you have to be careful.

Supplement: It is also possible to observe whether the fitting is copper or not. If it is an iron product, after plating, the color is yellowish and black, and if it is copper, the color is golden. The simplest method is to use a magnet.

Wenzhou Honglian Sanitary Ware specializes in manufacturing high-grade brass faucets for 17 years.