Actually what happens is that you make a battery. With the silver and aluminum in contact, you have produced a shorted battery. Current flows, the sulfur causing the tarnish migrates over to the aluminum, causing aluminum sulfide and restoring the silver to being ure metal.
Actually baking soda works as well. Marshall V wrote: > Hi sol, > > The vinegar and foil cause a chemical reaction to clean the silver . peroxide > > Take care, > V > http://www.health-freedom.info/ > > > I'm curious as to why no one has suggested using peroxide to clean the > > bars, followed by a distilled water rinse? > > sol > > > Ode Coyote wrote: > > >> Toss a piece of aluminum foil in with the vinegar. [or salt water] > > >> Ode > > >> At 04:55 AM 4/18/2006 -0700, you wrote: > > >>> . I was wondering what does everyone use to clean their silver before > >>> using them in a generator? I would like to stick with something > >>> natural/organic. > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > --
