Pomme de tête ø300 épaisseur 8,5mm / sans bras

Bluish chromium is the most common finish for faucets. It requires first an electrolytic bath, ensuring the prior deposition of a layer of nickel, followed by rinsing to avoid “pollution” of the chrome plating bath that follows. Chrome can also be brushed, matt velvet, mirror…

Nickel plating can offer different aspects, satin, brushed, matt, velvet, mirror… The nickel finish, more “yellow” than the chrome finish, has the particularity of presenting an attractive silver effect.

Semi-precious or even precious finishes, such as silver and gold, fashionable in the 1980s, are also applied after nickel plating. They are lacquered or matt, aged or brushed.

Electrolytic black nickel, tin/black nickel or black chrome deposits, which range from bright intense black to metal gun, have been around for a long time. The former are fragile, imposing a protective transparent polish deposit.

Nickel plating can offer different aspects, satin, brushed, matt, velvet, mirror… The nickel finish, more “yellow” than the chrome finish, has the particularity of presenting an attractive silver effect.

While black and white have been used a lot in shiny or enamelled bathrooms, the trend is moving towards the velvety-silky look achieved by new epoxy paints for fittings.

PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) is a technology for covering surfaces with a metallic film. It is used in the world of watchmaking, but also in the world of tools, to reinforce the hardness and resistance of drills for example, thanks to titanium oxide.

The principle: the parts, treated individually, i.e. disassembled, are enclosed in a chamber where a complete vacuum is created. Then,a plate of the metal is used and different gases, a metal vapour is produced, and then accelerated in order to project the molecules by kinetic energy, thanks to a very powerful electric current which ensures a strong adhesion of the coating on the support.

PVD finishes allow working on stainless steel, brass, zamak and plastic.