white oven - yes or no?

Doglover88

having a new kitchen fitted, white units with black gloss worktops, no wall units and undecided about a hood as of yet.. and probably going for a ceramic hob.
do white ovens loose their 'whiteness' over time? or if kept clean will they still look as clean as new in a few yrs time?
I live alone so theres no kids with grubby hands!
Glen

weekendwarrior

Hi, glenbat.

As kitchen appliances are enamelled rather than paint they are extremely durable and should never loose their whiteness over time!

If you see a radiator that has gone yellow, it is because someone has painted over the enamell with regular paint which will go yellow eventually.

Good luck with the kitchen

richardw

I'd be slightly concerned with the white enamel getting accidentally chipped, by say a metal utensil, and then need a spot of unsightly touch up paint.

I'd go for stainless steel.

weekendwarrior

Although stainless steel is very durable and rustproof it is very difficult to keep clean! I have a dual range cooker with a stainless steel splash back and stainless steel extractor unit.

The stainless steel takes a lot longer to clean than the cooker, which is enamelled.

Good luck with your descision!

smartiepants

weekendwarrior wrote:

Although stainless steel is very durable and rustproof it is very difficult to keep clean! I have a dual range cooker with a stainless steel splash back and stainless steel extractor unit.

The stainless steel takes a lot longer to clean than the cooker, which is enamelled.

Good luck with your descision!

I agree, stainless steel looks good, but takes much longer to look perfect than white enamel does, shiny worktops are exactly the same too. Hope this helps you come to decision.

vansboy

We've got opposite to you - gloss black units - white hob n oven.

We chose to go for white glass hob, so easy to clean & looks smart, too. The oven door is white glass, it's just the few inches above opening, thats metal - doesn't get dirty, so no problem there.

Both the appliances are Electrolux.

This pic is the best we can show.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-8541893.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy

VB

innovate

weekendwarrior wrote:

Although stainless steel is very durable and rustproof it is very difficult to keep clean!

If you use an e-cloth, you can keep stainless steel perfectly clean and stainfree with just about no effort, and with zilch of that expensive and smelly stainless steel polishing stuff, and without elbow grease. All you need is plain water with the e-cloth. Almost sounds to good to be true, but this is true!

An e-cloth is truly amazing - Anthony Worrall Thompson is now even selling his own branded version of it, and the BBC Good Food Guide says "Stainless steel kitchens only look good when they are clean and shiny [agreed!!!]. At last, meet the e-cloth, which just needs to be dampened down before you use it to polish. Try it on glass, tiles and granite, too". Neff, Miele, Bosch, Electrolux etc all recommend the e-cloth.

I only use e-cloths now in my kitchen (and bathroom, and car...), having splashed out £8.99 in Waitrose for my first two e-cloths a couple of months ago. They are just so miraculous! You can get them at keener prices on eBay , that's where I stocked up for more.

To comment on the original question: We have had an oven in white enamel for 8 years, it is as white as on day one. Would agree that there is a risk of chippings, but if there are no kids in the household, and if you don't throw things at your oven, the risk is v small.

If I had white kitchen units everywhere under a black worktop (v smart choice, IMHO!), I would go for white rather than for stainless steel appliances because I feel that looks better. But it's all a matter of taste.