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Preventing Tarnished Silver?

Will wiping silver items with lemon oil prevent tarnishing?

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June 28, 20180 found this helpful

The best way is to not expose it to air and light.

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June 28, 20180 found this helpful

There are some websites like this one that talk about using lemon oil to clean tarnish. naturallybeautiful.life/.../ but I have never tried it.

I personally would not leave anything on my silver. It always needs to be put away clean, dry, wrapped in the burgundy color felt pouch they came in, and stored in a dark, dry, cool, but not cold location.

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My nana swore by that method and I follow it after inheriting it. In doing this, I rarely have to do deep clean polishes.

My cleaning method is this one (the tongs are important so you don't get burned):

www.rd.com/.../

I hope you have the same success with this method as I have.

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June 30, 20180 found this helpful

You can use lemon to clean and polish some silver but I do not believe it will keep it from tarnishing.

  • Here is a link about using lemon on silver:
  • lavalier.com/.../
  • There are several ways to keep silver from tarnishing but the most common would be to wrap each piece separately and store in a sealed bag/container.
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  • Roll each piece of silver in acid-free tissue paper or unbleached cotton muslin (found at fabric stores). Be sure not to let one piece of silver touch another, or they may scratch each other. Place wrapped silver in resealable plastic bags. Seal and store.
  • Also; plain white chalk absorbs moisture, and moisture causes tarnish. To slow tarnishing, wrap a piece of chalk in cheesecloth and place it in the bag with your silver.
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July 16, 20180 found this helpful

if your silver has already gotten tarnished, making a paste of cornstarch and water and rubbing it on the silver, leaving it on for a bit, then rubbing it off with a dry terry or cheesecloth.

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I'm not sure you want to put anything on it to prevent tarnising - in fact, constant exposure to acids probably would be the opposite of helpful. Washing with warm water after and then rubbing with a cloth like this one (www.amazon.com/.../?imprToken=LDOIBM0AZiI0WfIUI4uTHA... (Affiliate Link)) would help a lot

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