What material for a shower tray looks at its best for the longest time?

UnsureAboutthis

As above.

At the previous house, we had installed a stone resin tray by Mira.
It served us for many years.
I'm not sure, but I believe the tray had a ceramic coat on it, white in colour.
The above try was very heavy and just under 4 inches high of the
ground and a solid tray. We used hair colour and 
cleaned after use, the tray never stained.

Moving on 20 years, looking at new trays, many feel flimsy.
They often have some type of coating, which IMO would
not only easily stain with hair colour but look dull very soon.

We are looking at a very low-profile tray, no more than 30mm approx in height.

What would you recommend, please?

Btw: Bathroom sinks/basins. When looking at the tray, we encountered the same problem with the sinks, ie, they are often made of, and or coated in something that looks great, like a matte finish.
but again, these would easily stain and look off.

At our previous place, we bought a large basin/sink by  Ideal Standard, with gold lettering
next to the taps, and I felt that it would wear out soon. However, even with very heavy use and daily cleaning with cleaning liquids, the basin still looked brand new after many years of use


I've seen nic basins by Ideal Standard in ceramic coating, but cant get a tray to match

Any ideas re a shower tray as mentioned above, basin and ideally a modern pan  - all of which will still look
good after years of use, which are well looked after. Max budget for three items - 2k ideally  12 to 1500.  Thanks.

(I've spoken to several people at the major, well-known places, they try to help but lack the knowledge re staining etc.)

stuart45

I prefer stone resin trays with upstands to prevent leaks, something like a Mira flight. I've always found that an upstand means that you don't need that bead of silicone at the base which usually fails in time.

diveunderthebonnet

Dont know what our Mira shower tray is made of BUT would make sure you get a anti slip one ,i have washed the bottom of my feet with soap just to test the grip and it is first rate ,handy when you are our age .

gzoom

UnsureAboutthis said:

As above.

At the previous house, we had installed a stone resin tray by Mira.
It served us for many years.
I'm not sure, but I believe the tray had a ceramic coat on it, white in colour.

We have a 1.5x1.5 resin/stone shower tray from Acquabella. Cost is roughly what your quoting, its got an antislip surface, we absolutely love it. Feels amazing under feet, barely any lip, zero staining from hair dyes etc.

https://www.acquabella.com/en/products/shower-trays/black

knightstyle

We bought these. Cheap but very good. Paid £228 for tray https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315570566878?var=614020399498.    Plus £125 for part screen.  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305167780679?var=604105383763

UnsureAboutthis

Thanks to all who have posted here. All noted

As you may have noted, we did have a Mira tray before and controls - I've bought a Mira shower head/control.

We were looking at Mira, resin trays generally

About the "non-slip"  -  I will look out for that, but all tray are slippery depending on what soaps/gels etc you use and how much of it you use. For this reason, we always have has at least one, horizontal grab rail in there to hold on to when dooing the feet etc or when the tray gets slippery and waiting for this to clear with water

The question re "staining" with hair colour -  anyone recommend any make of tray/model etc?