My apologies, My reply would have been stick with white as the metal fashion will pass, other than that avoid highly polished as they show fingerprints.When I raised this thread early this morning, I thought that when I accessed the site this evening, I would get a couple of replies similar to Mottie’s which after editing reads:
A perfect reply! However, following Mottie’s reply the thread went off at a tangent mainly about the pros and cons of earthing a socket in the kitchen. And while the posts that followed were very interesting, few, if any, addressed the initial question which asked which would you choose, stainless steel, brushed steel or chrome plated sockets etc. I have enjoyed the cut and thrust of the different points of view regarding earthing but nevertheless would appreciate views on the choice of socket finishes. Thank you
Assuming your mind is set on metal and Mottie had already made the shiny point I left it.
Sadly after that someone made a very wrong comment and our duty as competant persons is to do our utmost to ensure only correct and safe information comes out of this forum. After our reports to the moderators, most of the erroneous posters comments have fortunately been removed (I thank the mod for sensibly removing a couple of mine too)
The resulting confusing comments hopefully demonstrate our insistance that safe advice is given, in this case the most important thing is the switch or socket has a sound earth connexion, and not incorrectly relying on the fixing screws.