I don’t own silver jewellery, but if I did, I would. :) Maybe do a trial run on one piece just to be sure. Also, since jewellery has a lot of nooks and crannies, I’d rinse well with clear water just to get all the salt off.
That's amazing! I thought it was a camera trick but you really see it happen in front of your eyes (slightly sped up, I gather). I've been side-eyeing my great-grandmother's silver-plated tea set... I guess I could try it in my stainless steel sink, right? Just use more than one sheet of aluminium foil...? My kitchen is open to my living room, but if I time it right, I can just air it out while I'm absent. Do you have any idea how long the shine remains? Since it's an antique heirloom, I'm always a little worried about wearing out the silver plating.
It is sped up, but even in real time it takes less than a minute :) All my items are silver plate and so far I’ve seen no bad effects of this methods. But remember to wipe the salt water off since I believe that’s not good for the silver. You could do a patch test on a hidden part of your tea set, like the bottom of a cup before throwing the whole lot in. I was sweating the first time I tried it, I won’t lie, but I’m a convert The shine remains for at least a few weeks. Not as long as back when I used bottled silver cleaner and the special cloth, but a lot less work.
@@michaelaschmid I like the in-between stage : not brightly shining, but not tarnished and black either. So this method might just be perfect! Thank you so much for sharing it!
Do you do this with silver jewelry too? I dislike using those chemical basket cleaners.
I don’t own silver jewellery, but if I did, I would. :) Maybe do a trial run on one piece just to be sure. Also, since jewellery has a lot of nooks and crannies, I’d rinse well with clear water just to get all the salt off.
That's amazing! I thought it was a camera trick but you really see it happen in front of your eyes (slightly sped up, I gather).
I've been side-eyeing my great-grandmother's silver-plated tea set... I guess I could try it in my stainless steel sink, right? Just use more than one sheet of aluminium foil...?
My kitchen is open to my living room, but if I time it right, I can just air it out while I'm absent.
Do you have any idea how long the shine remains?
Since it's an antique heirloom, I'm always a little worried about wearing out the silver plating.
It is sped up, but even in real time it takes less than a minute :)
All my items are silver plate and so far I’ve seen no bad effects of this methods. But remember to wipe the salt water off since I believe that’s not good for the silver.
You could do a patch test on a hidden part of your tea set, like the bottom of a cup before throwing the whole lot in. I was sweating the first time I tried it, I won’t lie, but I’m a convert
The shine remains for at least a few weeks. Not as long as back when I used bottled silver cleaner and the special cloth, but a lot less work.
@@michaelaschmid I like the in-between stage : not brightly shining, but not tarnished and black either. So this method might just be perfect!
Thank you so much for sharing it!
Excellent
You can also use wood ash to clean n sparkle the silver items
Thank you for the tip! I’ll try that out sometime for sure :)