Cheaper faster easier silver cleaning method:

[canadian gardener]

I've used this method over the years, and till recently worried I was removing some silver. I was watching a TV show with a chemist a year or two back and he said NO, you don't remove ANY silver, this simply reverses the oxidization by releasing the sulpher molecules from their bonds with the silver.

So with that worry settled, here is my home made silver dip method.

Take a large glass roasting pan, line the bottom with aluminum foil, and a sprinkling of soda THEN fill with BOILING WATER and put over a couple of burners on LOWEST POSSIBLE HEAT.

RecaP:
Glass pan line with
Aluminum foil, sprinkle with
BAKING SODA, top with
BOILING WATER

and put over a burner or two to keep warm on lowest possible burner setting.

NOW DIP YOUR SILVER ITEMS turning to get all the tarnish off.

Fish out with tongs, dump in a sink of hot soapy water then when you are done, fish out of soapy water, rinse, and dry with clean cloth.

Some items if left for 20 years or more will need some Silver polish like silvo and a paper towel to finish the process but

this is easier and cheaper and much less time than doing it all with Silvo etc.

[Katybird]

Thanks for the helpful hint.

[Darlene]

I'm going fishing. Thanks Margery.

[canadian gardener]

LOL you'll catch some "silverfish" I'm sure