Over the years, I have fielded many questions about our ceramic vases. The most common is whether they are waterproof. So, what’s the answer?

We carry very few ceramic vases that are guaranteed waterproof. In fact, after walking the San Diego warehouse, I did not see a single one on the shelf at the moment. Among the various ceramic vase companies we have done business with over the years, only Haegar comes to mind in guaranteeing their products as waterproof. The guarantee comes with a significant price premium and many years ago we quit carrying their products because we were not selling them.

After talking to several of our ceramic companies, it is mainly a pricing and liability reason. During the firing process that ceramic containers go through, the heat can cause microfractures in the glaze. The glaze is what would make the vase waterproof. To guarantee that a glaze does not crack greatly increases the cost of production. Similar to our Haegar situation, the market for high priced waterproof ceramics is not big enough to warrant mass market adoption. When faced with high priced ceramic vases, most customers will switch to glass, metal, or resin vases.

Also, if a vase that was guaranteed to be waterproof leaked onto something like a grand piano, the potential liability issues are enormous and would further raise the prices manufacturers would have to charge.

So, when walking around our warehouses, the vases that are waterproof are almost always marked that way as a selling point. If they are not marked, you can pretty much assume that they are NOT waterproof.

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