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Sold In Mexico Toilet Seats

DavidE - 4-8-2012 at 10:27 AM

I swear if they could make them out of balsa wood and sell them for ten pesos, they would take over the market.

I am sick and tired of paying eighty or a hundred pesos for plastic junk that breaks after 6 months to a year. They sell padded seats but they don't sell well-made toilet seats in Mexico.

Oak seats, sold at better ferreterias and some larger stores are better, but the really superior seat is BAMBOO. It costs more than the oak seat but bamboo is way, way, way stronger and more moisture proof.

While in Home Depot I purchased stainless steel bolts, flat washers and nylock lock nuts.

Only chrome moly vanadium steel seats would be truly break proof for commercial use, but I'll settle for bamboo.

Udo - 4-8-2012 at 10:35 AM

When you are through using the seats, you can convert them to a cutting board.

SDRonni - 4-8-2012 at 10:49 AM

Ewwwwwwww...............

DENNIS - 4-8-2012 at 11:10 AM

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Originally posted by DavidE
I swear if they could make them out of balsa wood and sell them for ten pesos, they would take over the market.

I am sick and tired of paying eighty or a hundred pesos for plastic junk that breaks after 6 months to a year. They sell padded seats but they don't sell well-made toilet seats in Mexico.

Oak seats, sold at better ferreterias and some larger stores are better, but the really superior seat is BAMBOO. It costs more than the oak seat but bamboo is way, way, way stronger and more moisture proof.

While in Home Depot I purchased stainless steel bolts, flat washers and nylock lock nuts.

Only chrome moly vanadium steel seats would be truly break proof for commercial use, but I'll settle for bamboo.

Jeeeezo...what are you doing on those seats, anyway? Sounds kinda rambunctious. :lol:

durrelllrobert - 4-8-2012 at 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by DavidE

Oak seats, sold at better ferreterias and some larger stores are better, but the really superior seat is BAMBOO. It costs more than the oak seat but bamboo is way, way, way stronger and more moisture proof.

....and no splinters :lol:

Bob and Susan - 4-8-2012 at 01:36 PM

plastic seats with plastic hardware

the rest of them rot and rust

Barry A. - 4-8-2012 at 02:00 PM

Yeah, I like plastic seats too. As long as you keep the nylon nuts tight on the bolts that hold the "seat" to the enamel bowl my experience is that they almost NEVER break, and they are very easy to clean and never deteriorate. Of course I don't romp on the seats-------never a good idea to romp!!! :lol:

Barry

Bob and Susan - 4-8-2012 at 03:56 PM

in the orient they stand on the seats...

i found that out fast$$$
and footprints as evidence

DavidE - 4-8-2012 at 04:05 PM

Plastic seats, plastic bolts, and plastic nuts just have not done the job for me. About three pounds feet of torque, about what I use on a mayonnaise lid, strips the threads.

Bob and Susan - 4-8-2012 at 04:07 PM

you need a professional toileet seat installer

Barry A. - 4-8-2012 at 05:12 PM

------------or, hand tighten the nuts, and check them every few months?!?!?!?!? Yes, they will strip if you are not careful. You can always put stainless steel bolts in there.

Barry

Bajatripper - 4-8-2012 at 07:17 PM

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Originally posted by Bob and Susan
in the orient they stand on the seats...

i found that out fast$$$
and footprints as evidence

In Japan, many toilets are at ground level, so one has to squat over them, hence, no toilet seat. Fortunately, the house we rented while there was equipped with a western-style toilet, so we were spared that inconvenience.

One thing I absolutely loved about the toilet in that house was that the tank had a sink and faucet built into the lid, so that when one flushed it, the water ran through that system, recycling the water one would normally use to wash one's hands. Nice touch.

http://inventorspot.com/articles/japanese_toilets_toto_5847

Calling JR

thebajarunner - 4-8-2012 at 08:14 PM

The late, and oft lamented, JR believed that bamboo was the solution for all (or nearly all) of the world's problems.

Ah, if JR were here, toilet seats would be flying out of the bamboo stalks.

DENNIS - 4-8-2012 at 08:44 PM

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Originally posted by Bajatripper
In Japan, many toilets are at ground level, so one has to squat over them, hence, no toilet seat.

Weren't in the Army or Marines, were you Steve, so I'm sure you don't know the fun of digging a "Slit Trench."
Jeeeezo...I'll bet I dug a mile of them, but I could never bring myself to use one. I'd just grab a Street Sweeper and crawl off into the bush.

dtbushpilot - 4-8-2012 at 09:05 PM

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Originally posted by Udo
When you are through using the seats, you can convert them to a cutting board.

And the bottom half is great for a game of "Texas horse shoes"...dt

Bajatripper - 4-8-2012 at 09:08 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Originally posted by Bajatripper
In Japan, many toilets are at ground level, so one has to squat over them, hence, no toilet seat.

No, can't say that I ever had the pleasure of using one of those. But I did see one in a movie, does that count for anything? Aircraft carriers are pretty much like living in a (very crowded) city of 5,000 inhabitants, with most of the comforts of home--although toilet paper could go critical at times, always kept a private roll in my locker as a backup.

That's one of the many things I love about Baja, always a place nearby (once one clears El Rosario) where one can commune comfortably with nature.

bajamedic - 4-8-2012 at 09:21 PM

Most of the jails that I have been in have one piece, stainless steel toilets with built in seats. Very solid, will last a life time and it solves the debate on seat up/seat down. :lol:

Barry A. - 4-8-2012 at 09:40 PM

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Originally posted by bajamedic
Most of the jails that I have been in have one piece, stainless steel toilets with built in seats. Very solid, will last a life time and it solves the debate on seat up/seat down. :lol:

Yeah, but you have to normally commit a crime to get to use them.

Barry