Cleaning Silver

"A few household items that amazling cleans silver. I had a badly tarnished dish that these few items cleaned right up."
 
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Ready In:
10mins
Ingredients:
4
Yields:
2 cups
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ingredients

  • 1 sheet aluminum foil, to fit in sink
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 2 cups very hot water
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directions

  • Combine the above ingredients in a clean kitchen sink.
  • Put your tarnished silver and silver plated items into the sink and let sit for a few minutes.
  • Watch as the tarnish disappears from the silverware and reappears on the foil.
  • Rinse extremely well with water to prevent pitting of silverplate.
  • Magic!

Questions & Replies

  1. I'm try I n g to clean some silver plated o l d trays with the foil, salt n baking soda method. But I'm confused, do I put the foil into my cleaning container then add ingredients? Or what?????. Help me please.
     
  2. Can you do this in a plastic bowl? My sink is pretty large and I would rather not multiply the recipe enough to cover sink.
     
  3. Can you do this if your sink is black granite?
     
  4. Do you need enough water to cover the item you are trying to clean?
     
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Reviews

  1. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. I used it as written. My sterling silver sugar bowl is better than it has been since I got it in'69. It went slow for 5 minutes then wow! It was perfect. I don't look like such a bad house keeper now! The smell was mild. I did my bowl, 3 spoons and a cake server. I have cabnet full of silver plate i keep behind closed doors. Now they can be moved to the glass door shelves. Thankyou again and for all the reviewser, with out them i wouldn't have tried it.
     
  2. Great tip! I sure need something besides the chemical stuff I've been paying for. One rater did mention she scrubbed the silver itme with the tin foil. I would NOT do that! I feel the foil is too likely to scratch the silver piece!
     
  3. DO NOT USE THIS METHOD! I put Tiffany sterling salt cellars and spoons in the concoction for only five minutes and it turned the inside of the cellars black. Not only did it not remove the tarnish, it damaged my pieces. Spend the money for a quality silver polish.
     
  4. I had both my mother's and my grandmother's silver plate. I decided to give the sets to my nieces since I rarely have dinner parties anymore. When I opened the silver box, everything was black. What a headache to clean. But I tried this recipe and MAGIC. It took about 1/2 hour to clean and dry all 16 place settings of silverplate. Now I am off to the postoffice.
     
  5. I just used this to clean an old silver tea tray that was heavily tarnished and it worked really well.
     
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Tweaks

  1. I have to mention this. I've read that this method is corrosive over time and will wear the silver plating off. I'm buying some antique flatware and may try this as a quick hit but will get a more silver friendly tarnish remover. Oh, the articles also say don't rub the pieces very hard for the very same reason.
     
  2. I did make a few tweaks - because the tray was large, I filled my turkey roasting pan with boiling water and then set it on the stove over medium-low heat to keep the water hot. I dissolved 1/2 cup each of salt and baking soda in the water then added a sheet of aluminum foil big enough to cover the bottom of the pan and then the tea tray on top. It took about 15 minutes for the tarnish to come off and a soft bristle brush to loosen up the tarnish in the detail. All in all, a very easy process.
     
  3. We made a few batches and spooned the mixture inside the platter as it wasn't enough to cover it.
     

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