4 Easy Ways To Clean Your Silver
Whether you like to display or use your beautiful heirloom silver pieces, they will need to be polished.
Light and air can make the shiny finish appear dull. You can easily remove tarnish with a couple of pantry ingredients like salt and baking soda.
For everyday use, you can wash the silver pieces in warm water with a few drops of a mild dishwashing soap.
Here is how you can clean silver :
What you will need:
Alumininum Foil
Pan
Boiling Water
Baking Soda
Salt
Line a flat-based pan with aluminum foil. Make sure the foil covers the entire surface. Fill the pan with boiling water.
Add 1/4 cup baking soda and 2 teaspoons of kosher salt to the water and stir. You would be able to see bubbles form.
Mix the solution, then carefully place silver pieces into the pan side by side and let it sit for up to 5 minutes.
Once cool, remove and dry thoroughly with a soft cloth.
Alternatively, you can also polish the silver using baking soda and water and then soak it in the bowl with vinegar and warm water. Finally, rinse off the silver and dry it.
Here are some more techniques for cleaning silver:
Clean Silver with Vinegar
For more vigorous cleaning of silverware. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which attacks and removes tarnish. Line your pan with foil, add 1 tablespoon baking soda and 1 tablespoon kosher salt to the aluminum-lined dish. Pour 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar into the dish, bubbles will start to form. Add 1 to 2 cups boiling water, make the silver pieces are completely submerged. Soak lightly tarnished pieces for 30 seconds or up to 3 minutes for more heavily tarnished pieces. Remove items with tongs, dry, and buff.
Polish Silver with Ketchup
The condiment can be used as a paste to polish tarnished metals including brass and silver.
Remove Water Spots from Silver with Lemon Juice
Lemon is an effective natural cleaner that can be used on silver, too. Remove water spots from silverware by dipping a microfiber cloth in a bit of concentrated lemon juice and polish away.
Restore Shine to Silver with Toothpaste
Cleaning silver with toothpaste can produce sparkling results. Dilute toothpaste with a little water, polish the silver with a soft cloth, and rinse. Don’t use toothpaste on silver-plated items, as it can corrode the finish.
When storing, keep silver in a dry, cool spot and give delicate pieces some space so they aren’t prone to running into one another.