Curly Sue wrote in message >...
>On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:34:02 -0500, "Saerah"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Sheldon wrote in message
ps.com>...
>>>sumwon sed:
>>>>Doesn't SS scratch easily?
>>>
>>>Never use the shiny kind - you must use what we call "brushed" SS -
>>>it's actually SS with inbuilt millions of microscratches, looks lovely
>>>and doesn't show scratches, obviously.
>>>Nathalie in Switzerland
>>>
>>>With brushed SS the brush marks are all in the same direction... you
>>>mean to say that folks where you live will be certain to make all their
>>>scratches in the same precise direction and exactly to the same depth
>>>and width? Yoose gots to be kidding... of course brushed SS shows
>>>scratches, and those scratches look three times as serious when made
>>>accross the grain... and brushed SS countertops begin to look
>>>especially old and worn as the brush marks wear away and shiny spots
>>>appear in the areas that get the most use. Brushed metal is best
>>>reserved for vertical and non-work surfaces like the fridge, stove, and
>>>dishwasher, not counter tops. My kitchen sink is SS, a very expensive
>>>Elkay (the Rolls Royce of SS sinks)... and no matter how careful I am
>>>its brushed finish shows scratches and wear marks... the only way to
>>>keep it pristine is to not ever use it.
>>>
>>
>>after working in a commercial kitchen, im sold on stainless counters. i
>>don't care about how they look; they are expremely functional and easy to
>>clean.
>>
>
>How is the function of stainless steel extremely different from other
>surfaces? They're all horizontal, something spills, you wipe it. My
>guess to answer that would be that you can put a hot pan directly on
>SS and you don't have to seal it or other fuss like the stone ones.
>But I've never worked on SS so perhaps you had some other features in
>mind?

nope. those are the ones. plus, there's no cracks, really to catch crud.

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