I was perusing Pinterest the other day, when I came across a picture of several silver utensils with the heading. "How to clean silver with baking soda and aluminum foil." This peaked my interest as I have a few pieces of real silver utensils I have purchased at a secondhand store called 'Granny's Attic' and I have yet to find a good way to clean them. So this is the story of how I attempted to clean them, I am writing this blog as I do this experiment.
I got the recipe for this experiment
Here.
What you’ll need:
- large pot
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 4″ (approximately) piece of aluminum foil
- tongs or something similar to get the silver in and out of boiling water
Here is a picture of what they looked like before hand.
The first half that is while Boiling
You can see the difference, on the left is the tarnished half on the right is the clean half. I still have to wipe down with a clean cloth to get the baking soda and salt off.
the other half for 3 minutes
The end result, I am pretty happy with how they turned out with very little effort on my part and not having to purchase anything extra. So that was a plus as well.
I used this to clean a few vintage brooches as well and they turned out fantastic, so simple and easy and will not damage the integrity of the piece.
Here is the original Clock.
The back of the clock against the cardstock I am using for the new face.
To keep things simple I traced the original background onto the cardstock and used a stencil and pencil to write the numbers on the clock. I then filled in the hole I need for the hands and used a very sharp knife to cut it out.
Comparison.
The finished product.
