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am I being too picky?

9 years ago

Ok, is my perfectionism is out of control.....

I bought a shiny gold faucet that I had unlaquered so it has a living finish & will tarnish, & not be such a bright gold. I have my new disposal to be installed & it comes w/ the typical silver flange. I'm wondering if I should get a brass looking flange instead of using the silver one. I'll be using a gold brassy hardware. Am I being too OCD on this? What would you do?

Thanks for your help.

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sherry0117

9 years ago

brass

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kelleg69
9 years ago
I would get a brass flange.
poohpup
9 years ago
Not picky at all. I'd get a brass flange too.
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Lily Spider
9 years ago
Ditto!
laughablemoments
9 years ago
Yup, I'd want them to match too.
blfenton
9 years ago
What colour is your sink? If it's stainless do you really want your eye drawn to the garbage disposal with it's brass flange. I wouldn't but ....
romy718
9 years ago
Might I also suggest a brass/gold airswitch. No, not too picky at all.
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The Kitchen Place
9 years ago
I agree with fenton....what color is the sink????
bicyclegirl1
Original Author
9 years ago
I knew I could count on you guys to help me work thru this tough decision! :) blfenton & kitchen place, my sink is white, so no clashing w/ stainless! I agree, that would not be pretty! My sink is fireclay & I just found out that I have to get a deeper flange than what comes w/ the disposal. That freaked me out because I didn't think I'd have a choice now but to go with silver. But, who would have known there are so many different metals...& prices...with that extra couple of inches? So, brass flange it is!

Great minds think alike, romy....I have my metal guy taking a chrome airswitch & plating it w/ brass!! I should have done a little research tho, because while searching for the brass flange, I'm running across quite a few brass/gold airswitches! Oh well, my metal guy's not charging me too much to do that little switch! When I finally get it all installed, I'll take pictures so you can see my matchy faucet, flange & airswitch! I have to say, this is one of the more fun things I've done since my kitchen was demo'd!!

Thanks!
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Sombreuil
9 years ago
Hi, before you invest extra money in a deep flange, try the standard flange; I found that my two fireclay sinks were just fine with the standard flange, and the deep ones (which I still have, unused) were $75 a pop.
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bicyclegirl1
Original Author
9 years ago
Good to hear that Sombreuil. I'm all for saving $! I"ll take a look at that & see if we can go w/ the shorter vs the deeper. They aren't cheap, that's for sure. I may buy both sizes & take the one back we don't use. Thanks for the tip.

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