How to clean silver jewellery

I sell a lot of silver on Ebay. Jewelry, silverware, serving sets. Silver polishes 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.

plain white toothpaste

line bowl with foil, put in very hot water and baking soda- google it

Try putting a sheet of aluminum foil in a glass dish, add 1 tablespoon of baking soda, pour in boiling water. To work, the piece must be in contact with the foil.

toothpaste with a gentle brush is good - white toothpaste, as William suggested!

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.