Best toilet seat!

victor2

twopenny said:

My Great Aunt stuck her's together with Araldite and it lasted as long as she did

If you have a use for it (picture frame for the loo?) - you can fill the crack then strip the seat and revarnish. By filling it first when you strip it the varnish will slightly colour the filler like the other wood and so make it near invisible.

Well it used to work on old wooden furniture when I did a restoration course. Priceless for coving up all sorts.

Oh and revarnish with gloss type, I used matt for some reason and it's meah not as comfortable

Just did a search for you - sheesh they don't half twist words in these adverts. I couldn't find a solid, one piece of wood but that maybe because of the words I used. Do you have a posh showroom anywhere near? Or maybe you could email some which is slightly less embarrassing when you might not purchase.

You can tell the laminated bits because the grain doesn't follow across.

Or you could try this

https://astriddegroot.wordpress.com/tag/wooden-toilet-seat/

Can't beat good old Araldite!

It would need a substantial piece of timber to make a whole toilet seat out of, with no joins...

Dina

It might come to me making my own! Even his was pieces stuck together though. Maybe it's true that you can't get one that's one piece of wood. I'll keep thinking. In the meantime, it will be a win if I manage to do something with this seat that I now have for free! 

FreeBear

If you have a local sawmill, they might be able to supply a big enough lump of wood. Probably won't be cheap though.

Failing that, a wood turner or cabinet maker.

twopenny

I found one - but no prices and it's not one solid piece but looks it. Wouldn't come ready split like yours though

https://www.looseats.com/#slide-1

Amazed as I searched how interesting some of the old ones are - we're a boring lot these days.

Dina

They look beautiful but I think if you have to ask how much they cost, you probably can't afford them. Which would be me.

casper_gutman

Dina said:

It had "chrome plated hinges" and made of solid pine. Perhaps these were the problems? The Rutland one recommended above is solid oak, and with "Durable nylon and chrome plated ABS anti rust hinges". So the hinges might still go rusty like my previous ones. 

No, hinges made from nylon and chrome-plated ABS cannot rust. Rust is iron oxide. Nylon and ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) are plastics, and can't rust. Chromium is a non-ferrous metal, containing no iron, and also cannot rust.

If your old hinges rusted then they were made from steel coated with chromium. The chromium chipped, scratched or rubbed off and the steel underneath (which is mostly iron) reacted with oxygen in the air to form iron oxide, aka rust.

If you want to be sure something cannot rust, buy things that don't contain steel. Chrome plated plastics and chrome-plated brass are good bets in a bathroom, though the former can be weak if flimsily made and the latter is generally more expensive than steel.