Stainless steel is a general term to identify steels that contain minimum 10% of chromium.
It is a silver, shiny metal with many amazing properties. That properties make stainless steel to be useful for applications at home.
For example, in kitchen, we can install stainless steel tiles for backsplash and stainless steel countertops.
Each year, more people notice this trend and start to implement stainless steel backsplash into their kitchen. In this text, I would like to present you, why you should apply this metal into kitchen décor.
6 reasons why to use stainless steel backsplash in kitchen.
I would like to present for you a top 8 reasons, why choosing of stainless steel into your kitchen.
Check out those qualities, and probably you will think how to implement stainless steel in kitchen as utility decoration.
1. Corrosion resistance
Stainless steel has a high resistance to corrosion, resists corrosion in different atmospheric condition, so it can be applied outside and inside house, as wonderful decoration.
2. High and low temperature resistance
Stainless steel used to kitchen tiles production will give you guarantee that they have high temperature resistance. Often during cooking, some hot oil or hot water will splash around, but a backsplash made out of stainless steel will protect the wall from the dirt from hot liquids. This property makes stainless steel to be a very useful in kitchen.
3. Strength
Cold work hardening and heat treatment add a lot of strength and durability for stainless steel. Stainless steel tiles for backsplash will stay long with you if they are correctly installed in kitchen.
4. Variety of designs
Stainless steel can be easily cut and formed into innumerable shapes and sizes to prepare unique tiles for backsplash or countertops for kitchen cabinets. This property opens a variety of possibilities for talented craftsman to arrange the interior of the kitchen.
5. Easy maintenance
It is worth to remember that stainless steel tiles are really easy to maintain. In the most of the cases, all you need to clean stainless steel tiles is a microfiber cloth and mild detergent. Gently clean the surface of the tile, using water with detergent, and all will look like bright new.
6. Uniqueness of handmade stainless steel tiles for backsplash
Backsplash is a highly functional element in every kitchen, even a medium-sized tile or set of few tiles made out of metal will efficiently protect the wall from getting splotched.
Stainless steel tiles have an important advantage, they can be truly unique decoration in kitchen if they are made by a talented craftsman with passion to metal art.
For people who love metal wall decoration I’d like recommend to take a look at handmade copper tiles.
