Gave up on silver polishing long ago. We now put a sheet of aluminium foil
in a bowl or the sink, add a couple of tablespoons bicarbonate of soda
(baking soda) and the same amount of salt (depends on how much silver you
want to clean) and pour on boiling water. Put the silver items in making
Useful advice, alas not applicable to the tiny silver spider 'gem'
stuck to fabric, cardboard, fluff backing, glue and whatever else I
did to assemble the wee thing. Maas works well, dabbed with a corner
of paper towel and dabbed off again.
We did put it in the ultra-sound cleaner that DH has for
Thai is a simple REDOX reaction and I'm even lazier. I place the silver
in a huge aluminium pot, add loads of bicarb, add a few strips of
aluminium foil, cover with water and let simmer for a while.
Anna in a cloudy Sydney
On 24/09/11 4:31 AM, Jean Nathan wrote:
Gave up on silver polishing
