How to clean silver plated

plain white toothpaste

Toothpaste, original style, no whitening or anything like that and a rag, possibly a toothbrush if you want it out of the design crevices. Rinse it off in warm water and polish dry and it should look like new. If the tarnish is really thick, it may take more than one try, but silver polish would be the same way, but harder to get the polish out of the detail.

If your silverplate is still whole, you can polish your tray with a good silver cream. I like Wright's, but there are several very good mfgrs. If the silverplate on your tray has worn down to the base metal, then the only way to restore it is to have it re-silvered. There are companies all across the states, here's an example of one: https://www.resilver.com/

1. Buy heavy duty Reynolds aluminum foil
2. Completely cover, bottom and sides, a large wash tub or your kitchen sink with the foil - shiny side showing
3. Formula is 2 cups salt to 1 gallon water
4. Bring water to almost a boil.
5. Use canning salt and dissolve in some warm water
6. Pour in water, then salt in tub or sink
7. Dunk silver for 15-30 minutes depending on gravity of tarnish
8. Rinse and use silver polish to polish. It will leave a protective coating retarding tarnish.

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I sell a lot of silver and silverplate on Ebay. Jewelry, silverware, serving sets. Silver polish and dips tend to remove some of the metal. Like Tarn X and Wright's. 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.

These are many ways to clean your silver, try one of these:

No more tarnishing with aluminum

Boil 4 cups of water, a tablespoon of baking soda, and some aluminum foil. Place silverware in for 10 seconds then remove with kitchen tongs.

Ketchup isn’t just for eating

Tarnished silver can be polished with ketchup using a paper towel – for silver that has crevices, use a toothbrush.

Kill two birds with one stone

When using Windex to clean your windows, spray some on a rag and use it to scrub your silver.

Brush your silver with toothpaste

Use circular motions to brush non-gel and non-abrasive toothpaste onto silver. Leave on for five minutes before washing off with water.

Use soda for tarnished silver

Fill a plastic bowl with lemon-lime soda and place slightly tarnished silver in it for one hour. Rinse and dry with a paper towel.