Copper In the Kitchen - Consider A Copper Feature in Your Home

Have you considered a copper feature in your new kitchen?

Custom Welded Copper Kitchen Range Hood by The Metal Shoppe

Copper Chasing/Repousse by A Copper Rose Metal Art

First - did you know that Copper is a naturally anti-bacterial surface, even more so than Stainless Steel?

Below is an excerpt from Copper.org CDA press release "Antibacterial Properties of Copper and Brass Demonstrate Potential to Combat Toxic E.coli O157 Outbreaks in the Food Processing Industry"

EXCERPT: "A recent study by Dr. Bill Keevil at the Centre for Applied Microbiology & Research (CAMR) found that the highly toxic E. coli O157:H7 strain of bacteria survive for much shorter periods of time on copper and brass surfaces than on stainless steel.

...at room temperatures it takes 34 days for E. coli O157 bacteria to die on stainless steel tiles, 4 days to die on brass tiles, and just 4 hours to die on copper tiles. At chill temperatures typical of food storage, the study found that ten percent of the bacteria were still alive on stainless steel tiles after 34 days, whereas bacteria were completely eradicated on brass tiles within 12 days and on copper tiles in just 14 hours."

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Besides this interesting fact about copper, a custom copper kitchen range hood or counter top in your new kitchen can be a beautiful, timeless focal point that can be designed to fit in with any decor, from the most modern to the most rustic.

Custom Copper Countertop by The Metal Shoppe
Copper is also easily maintained by the customer, requiring simple dusting with a dry cloth or feather duster and maybe the occasional re-waxing with Bees Wax or Johnson's Paste wax to protect from fingerprints, etc. If your copper does require some clean up with soap, you simply use mild dish soap and a wet rag.

With the wax seal coating we apply to our copper kitchen features, it protects the copper while allowing what is referred to as a "living finish," in that the copper still breaths and continues to slowly age/tarnish over time.

Please feel free to contact our shop should you have any questions at all regarding copper products in your home!

After answering a few simple questions, we can provide you with a free custom quote!

Website: http://www.themetalshoppe.net

Website: http://acopperrose.com

Resources:
www.copper.org
www.antimicrobialcopper.com