Maybe you can spray them with a bit of Pledge in order to get the water to bead up.

Anything like that you add will take away the matt finish. Did you try it? I keep reading that matt black is easier and doesn't show water spots. What to believe...

I don't have any cleaning suggestions, but just wanted to thank you for acknowledging a problem with matte black fixtures! I suspected this would be a problem but so many people seem to say they are easy to care for. Always present water spots would drive me crazy so now I know not to go there.

uh, I disagree. I have matte black in my shower and above my sinks. they barely show anything. Much easier to keep clean the chrome in my spare bath!! way easier. I don't get any hard water desposits at all

It depends on the hardness of your water. Hard water spots up terribly.

Wipe down daily. It’s that simple.

But more than anything else? In my experience it spots up chrome and brushed nickel and everything else I've ever seen.

wouldn't it be cheaper just to buy the water repellent mixture than to buy 3 different bottles of products, along w/a special spray bottle? The RainX stuff is only $3 or so.

or, if you really want to get cheap, get some simple carnauba wax and apply that to the black faucets. buff it till it's haze free. that too will repel water.