Cleaning Silver
This technique is easy as 1-2-3
Just use some tin foil and baking soda!
I am seriously getting addicted to cleaning silver now that I don't have to take as much time as I used to. Here I had just covered the items with baking soda and it started bubbling and cleaning the silver. I am so stocked!!
Half is tarnished and the other half that was in the sink. Just wanted to show you the before and the after.
This is what the foil looks like in areas where the hot water, silver and baking soda came in contact.
All done - nice isn't it? 8 minutes tops.
End result - the whole process on these two items took exactly 8 minutes. This excludes the amount of time it takes to boil the water as it will vary on amount of water used.
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Doesn't work for me! I wouldn't try it on jewelry with gems or mixed precious metals.
I sell a lot of silver on Ebay. Jewelry, silverware, serving sets. Silver polish and dips tend to remove some of the metal. The foil method doesn't work that great and still leaves a grey film that still needs to be removed. I use white toothpaste (not gel)and a damp toothbrush. For large items I use a damp cloth. Also works on copper, brass, gold, porcelain, ceramics, sneakers, plastics, etc. For my sales I needed one product for cleaning everything.
For chains I lay them down on a towel. A dab of toothpaste on a damp toothbrush and gently brush in one direction holding the chain at on end. Then just rinse and wipe.
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Thank you for sharing William. I use to used the polish before and then tried the toothpaste and that didn't work for me. So far, the baking soda method has worked very well for me. It's great that there are different ways to achieve this as it can be a pain to clean silver as much as I love my pieces. Thank you again for your time.
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This technique looks fabulous, I need to try it!
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with water and tin foil. Do you fill the sink with boiling water and submerge the silver item with baking soda on it and then wrapped with tin foil? Thanks!