How Did Stainless Steel Appliances Get So Popular? – Megan McArdle – Health – The Atlantic.
I loves me some stainless steel in guns, knives, and lots of other things. It’s resistant to rust and it’s a continuous material – it’s the same on the surface as it is on the inside, so scratches aren’t a big deal.
I guess I’d like it in a kitchen, but I’m not lusting after it in a big way. Enamel is remarkably good and kitchen appliances don’t get that much wear. Plus, stainless steel is non-magnetic, so you can’t put magnets on your stainless fridge. Howya gonna display little darlin’s refrigerator art?
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I don’t like stainless appliances, and I can’t stand the smell of stainless steel polish.
For countertops, I’m looking into getting that synthetic black stuff that science labs use for desks.
The fall of the good carbon steel knife and the rise of the wretched stainless steel blade-like implement was brought about by a kitchen appliance-the automatic mechanical dish washer. You don’t have to take a rusty stick out of the dish washer very many times before you realize that some things should not meet. During this timeframe, the appliance at fault was probably cased in that funky yellow color. Stainless on the outside, evil on the inside still.