what will clean tarnished copper?

Answer 1

Decorative copper items should be kept clean and dusted. A factory-applied, baked-on lacquer protects most pieces of decorative, modern copper. Only dusting and an occasional washing with lukewarm, soapy water are needed to keep lacquered objects shiny. Never polish them.

Cleaning (primarily for household copper items)
Dissolve 1 teaspoon salt in 1 cup white vinegar. Add enough flour to make a paste and apply the paste to copper and let sit for 15 minutes to 1 hour. Rinse with clean warm water, and polish dry.

Make a paste of lemon juice and salt, and rub with a soft cloth, rinse with water, and dry. Or use a slice of lemon sprinkled with baking soda. Rub copper with the lemon slice and rinse with water and dry.

Pour vinegar over the surface. Sprinkle salt over the acid and rub in the mixture. Rinse with warm water and polish dry.

Lemon juice and cream of tartar
Make a paste of lemon juice and cream of tartar. Apply, leave on for 5 minutes, and then wash in warm water. Dry with a soft cloth.

For tarnished copper
Polish copper with a commercial copper polish following the directions on the container. The polish can be home made by moistening salt with vinegar or lemon juice to make a paste for a bright finish. After polishing decorative items, spray them with lacquer to preserve color if desired.

What not to do
Do not coat copper pieces with lacquer if they are being used for food or food processing applications.

Answer 2

Klean King (or maybe it's Clean King) Copper Cleaner. It's in a cleanser form and you'll find it at your grocery store near the cleansers.

Sprinkle the cleaner onto wet copper. Rub in with a cloth or gentle scrubber, adding more water as needed to make a paste. Continue rubbing until the tarnish is gone (less than a minute) , rinse, and dry.

Voila! You're done.

Answer 3

Table salt and vinegar. Just sprinkle the salt on an area to be cleaned, dip a little bit of a sponge in the vinegar and rub gently. It works quicker, better, and less expensively than any of the commercial paste copper cleaners I've used.

Answer 4

Bar Keepers Friend, cleans copper, brass, stainless steel! Without scratching it, it is cheap, two bucks a can. It is the best all round metal cleaner you can get.

Answer 5

make a paste out of baking soda and water and rub on the copper you may have to let it set awhile

Answer 6

Baking soda paste

Answer 7

I believe it is called 'Noxon' - it is strictly for copper, and cleans it well.

Answer 8

Lemon juice hot sauce and salt.Try it on a penny and see.

Answer 9

brasso or my fav is bar keepers freind try it it works great

Answer 10

oil from your hands time and heat put it in the oven