Cleaning Silverware

RE: Cleaning Silverware Post By Mary (Guest Post) (08/02/2008) I bought a box of International Sterling at an estate sale. It was badly tarnished and after cleaning, some of the pieces still have black spots on them which seem to go into the metal. Does anyone have an idea as to how to clean off these spots? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Silverware Post by brenda thompson (40) | (12/19/2006) Contact buy TarnX at the local hardware store or grocery or drugstore Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Silverware Post by cookwie (1068) | (12/18/2006) Profile | Contact Store the silver (when cleaned) in Atlantic Cloth, which has a tarnish attracting chemical (if I am not mistaken, it absorbs the sulphur in the air). Fabric stores sell it by the yard and customized zippered pieces are sold at The Container Store. Report Spam or Abuse Tip: Cleaning Silverware Post by lewis_admin (1320) | (12/14/2006) Profile | Blog! | Contact The best way to clean silver is to line a sauce pan with aluminum foil and fill it with water. Add 1 tablespoon of baking soda for each 2 cups of water in the pan. Heat the water until boiling and remove from heat. Then lay the silver items in the pan so that they are touching the aluminum foil. Remove the items from the pan, rinse, and polish them lightly. The foil attracts the tarnish so make sure that the tarnished parts of the silver make contact with the foil. Answers: RE: Cleaning Silverware With this method you are playing with fire. If you leave the silver in the solution too long, it will pit the silver thereby ruining it. And, remember just how wonderful it is just making your silver look nice by polishing it piece by piece. Do a little at a time then it is not a chore. Do NOT use this method on silver plate as it will take the silver off leaving either copper behind or some androgenous other material. (09/10/2005) By Lucy330. Report Spam or Abuse