Tide and what else takes tarnish off silverplated items?

Question

Antique store people told me this a few years back and I forgot what you had to the tide, baking soda or ???

Answer 1

You take Tide or any powder detergent with Borax and put it in a bowl lined with aluminum foil. Pour boiling water over it and put the silver in. The tarnish adheres to the aluminum.

Answer 2

You will need the following:-

* A pan or dish large enough to completely immerse the silver in
* Aluminum foil to cover the bottom of the pan
* Enough water to fill the pan
* A vessel in which to heat the water
* Hot pads or kitchen mitts with which to handle the heated water vessel
* Baking soda or Tide, about 1 cup per gallon of water

Line the bottom of the pan with aluminum foil. Set the silver object on top of the aluminum foil. Make sure the silver touches the aluminum.

Heat the water to boiling. Remove it from the heat and place it in a sink. To the hot water, add about one cup of baking soda for each gallon of water. (If you need only half a gallon of water, use half a cup of baking soda.) The mixture will froth a bit and may spill over; this is why you put it in the sink.

Pour the hot baking soda and water mixture into the pan, and completely cover the silver.

Almost immediately, the tarnish will begin to disappear. If the silver is only lightly tarnished, all of the tarnish will disappear within several minutes. If the silver is badly tarnished, you may need to reheat the baking soda and water mixture, and give the silver several treatments to remove all of the tarnish.

Good Luck!!

Answer 3

Definitely not bleach, that will darken and tarnish silver. I use that to get an antique look on my jewelry after I finish it. Tarnex, in a bottle available at your local store, or another one called Maas metal polish, it keeps your silver from retarnishing for a long long time.
Baking soda, salt, detergent and water.

Answer 4

Alot of the cleaners made for silver polishing (like TARN-X) are super toxic and say right on the bottle that they can cause cancer. Yuck - not in my house! I use toothpaste and a soft rag. I keep my cleaned silver in an airtight bag to keep it looking good longer. And of course, for jewelry - the more you wear it the less you have to shine it. It mixes with the oils on your skin and stays shiny and tarnish-free.

Answer 5

Mothers metal polish works the best

Answer 6

You can use plain old white toothpaste and elbow grease to remove tarnish .....polish with a soft rag...GoodLuck

Answer 7

toothpaste!
rub the whatever with diluted toothpaste, let it sit for a minute and rub it off. your done!
*make sure the tooth paste is not super strong, and don't mix it with anything else! strong toothpaste could cause damage to silverware, don't risk it!*

Answer 8

I was told that boiling silver in water cleaned it.

Answer 9

Im thinking bleach

Answer 10

TARNIX is the best comes in black plastic bottle