Quality toilet seat?

[DX]

Who makes a good quality color-match toilet seat?

Back story: a few years ago I bought a toilet seat, color-matched to a 1965 American Standard toilet. Not cheap. Works fine. Fits the shape of the toilet well. Can't remember the brand. A few months ago, the top surface of the plastic (the seat, not the lid) started cracking/crazing. Now you can peel off chunks of what looks like a thin overmold layer. Never seen anything like that. Thankfully it's in my own house, not a client's.

Anybody with a color-match seat that's lasted more than a couple of years without falling apart? Thanks

 

[Peterson]

https://www.plumbingsupply.com/colored-toilet-seats.html

 

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[DX]

Thanks for the link. Have you used one of those Bemis seats for an extended period of time?

 

[Peterson]

I've not actually bought one (my toilets are white), but I've seen them before and I believe they are solid plastic, so you should be good!

Thanks for the link. Have you used one of those Bemis seats for an extended period of time?

 

[Reach4]

I've not actually bought one (my toilets are white), but I've seen them before and I believe they are solid plastic, so you should be good!

Some Bemis toilets are painted wood. Some are plastic. I don't know which those are. The paint can wear off, exposing the wood visually, but no splinters.

That quick-change attachment system is nice for cleaning.

The Bemis seats extend about 3/16 beyond the front of the Toto porcelain.

 

[DX]

If I wasn't clear, the failed toilet seat I have IS plastic and the color is molded in. As I said, the top layer appears to be a glossy over-mold and is failing. The plastic under that layer is the same color and very flat (not glossy).
So the fact that they are plastic is hardly reassuring. In fact painted wood could be more durable if the plastic ones only last a couple of years.

Edit: here is a picture of the seat. You can see the original glossy finish at the top left corner and the peeling layer in the middle. Toward the bottom and right you can see where the top layer is gone. Same color but no gloss. And somewhat sticky.

Yes it's hard to believe the catastrophic failure. It's in a guest bath that rarely gets used.

 

[Peterson]

Ew! I've never seen that before. Maybe the underside of it was cleaned with some caustic material?

I'd get a stained/varnished oak toilet seat and call it a day.

 

[Trouthead]

I have used slow close Kohlers for years. Never an issue.