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Monday, December 25, 2017
Any of You Ever Used the Aluminum Foil and Baking Soda Trick for Removing Tarnish From Silver?
I have used the baking soda and aluminum foil mixture on heavily tarnished silver, it removed much of the tarnish, then used polish to restore the pieces to a high shine. So, for me it works. Polish is the way to go for a real shine. I also use a cheap battery powered toothbrush to get polish into the hard to get at spots. And I have used a variable speed Dremel with small cotton buffing wheels to get that polish out of the spots. But, elbow grease is going to be required for a final showroom quality shine.
Works well on slightly tarnished pieces; especially those with crevasses and intricate designs.
ReplyDeletePolish works better on heavily tarnished pieces.
DOn't know about silver, but regular Coke and aluminum foil do a great job of removing rust from chromed surfaces.
ReplyDeleteI have used the baking soda and aluminum foil mixture on heavily tarnished silver, it removed much of the tarnish, then used polish to restore the pieces to a high shine.
ReplyDeleteSo, for me it works.
Polish is the way to go for a real shine.
I also use a cheap battery powered toothbrush to get polish into the hard to get at spots.
And I have used a variable speed Dremel with small cotton buffing wheels to get that polish out of the spots.
But, elbow grease is going to be required for a final showroom quality shine.