It is always a good idea to wipe your silver off as soon as you are finished with it. For instance, my silver omega chain gets wiped after every use. The oils on your fingers and skin cause silver to tarnish.
Here is a tip my mom gave me for removing that tarnish, if you forgot or just got too busy. Ideas for things that can be cleaned this way are: silverware, plates, things that are put away for holidays, literally anything silver or sterling, including jewelry.
Place a sheet of aluminum foil in a bowl, spreading and molding it to the bowl. Sprinkle the foil with salt and baking soda, then fill with warm water. Take any tarnished silver or "sterling" items and soak them in the water.
As the item soaks the tarnish will migrate to the foil. It is almost like magic. Take out of the water, rinse, and buff with soft cloth.
To think how much time and money everyone will save is exciting, but the first time you see this happen is priceless. Enjoy your clean silver.
Source: My mom, Luana McD.
By Mistie
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How much salt and how much baking soda? Good idea but needs to give proportion of ingredients to water. Like 1 cup per gallon or what?
Just used this on a bracelet of mine and it works wonderfully !!! Thanks :)
How much of each please? Sounds great; I hate polishing silver.
I heard of this before except one place said to use only salt the other was only baking soda with boiling water. Rinse and wipe off to dry. I have tried both methods. Both methods (salt vs baking soda) work but not 100%. I will now try both together. That should work even better.
Thanks for the feedback everyone! The amount of salt, baking soda and water depends on what size bowl your using. If your cleaning a larger item and using a bigger bowl you would use more of everything.
I had told my daughter about this and I promise you it works! So I understand when things that are really hard seem to simple we question it. Just try it, I actually thought is was like magic first time I saw it happening. I have a close friend who does the flea market thing quite often, when he heard this he jumped right on it even for coins. I now have a "friend" for life! All those days of cleaning jewelry not wanting to purchase these things at thrift stores...long gone due to the easy way I can now clean them.Thanks for putting this in!
This is a great idea. Can you tell me how to use this method with a large tray or a casserole holder on legs.
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