shoddy workmanship
Dec. 18th, 2003 06:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerI have to hit the Home Despot on the way back from work today. Our oak toilet seat, which I bought from a different chain store about six months ago, is breaking apart.
Before you start screaming "TMI! Don't tell us about your toilet use!" - the plastic bits cushioning the underside started breaking the night of our housewarming. What that says, other than "cheap plastic", isn't worth contemplating. But the wood itself is splitting apart now.
Didn't these things use to last for generations? 'Course, then they were hand-carved out of quarter-sawn oak. And cost a lot more.
Before you start screaming "TMI! Don't tell us about your toilet use!" - the plastic bits cushioning the underside started breaking the night of our housewarming. What that says, other than "cheap plastic", isn't worth contemplating. But the wood itself is splitting apart now.
Didn't these things use to last for generations? 'Course, then they were hand-carved out of quarter-sawn oak. And cost a lot more.
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Re: Seats
Date: 2003-12-19 06:20 am (UTC)The other thing That I found with our oak seats in Michigan is that when I sealed it with poly finish before use, and then used something gentle like vinegar to clean it and then using murphy's oil soap once a month or so on it kept it nicer longer. I never had one split on me (owwww!) but they have been known to get completely grey from water damage.