eleny
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Fri Jan-07-05 05:22 PM
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Cleaning silver plate with baking soda// General metal cleaning |
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Has anyone done this with success? I read a bunch of web pages with recipes for it. The best info I found says to use way more baking soda than most instructions.
I lined a plastic tub with foil, added a small box of baking soda and very hot water. The plate pieces were pretty tarnished so I wasn't expecting miracles. But it did clean off a bunch. This method is recommended because it doesn't remove the silver along with the tarnish.
Some tarnish came off but not all. So I finished the pieces with a cream silver cleaner and they look okay. The underlying metal is showing through and I sort of like it. I'm not a "silver" type person. So the tarnish makes them look old and I like it. The handles on this coffee set are black wood and it all sort of matches.
One more thing. There's an all purpose metal cleaner that I like a lot. It's called Simichrome Polish. I could never find it locally at any hardware. But I got a bunch from an Ebay seller. This stuff is fantastic. It's made in Germany and distributed out of Iowa. It cleans and polishes and I've been using it for decades.
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Nicole
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Mon Jan-10-05 01:24 AM
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and just use a paste of baking soda rubbed directly on the item. Works pretty well for me.
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cally
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Tue Jan-11-05 05:38 PM
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2. I add about 1/2 cup baking soda |
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and a large piece of aluminum foil to boiling water. I then dip the silverware (plate) in. Works well but you have to worry about the knives. Some use glue to hold it together and this will damage them.
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Poiuyt
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Wed Jan-12-05 02:01 PM
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3. Don't use the dipping method if you want your silver to look old |
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You want tarnish to stay in all the little details of the design. If you dip, then it removes all the tarnish and your piece will look brand new. I always use Wright's Silver Cream, the kind that comes in a tub.
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