Silver Cleaning:
- Silver should always be washed and scrupulously cleaned in hot soapy water
then thoroughly rinsed in clear hot water and wiped dry. Great care
must be taken not to scratch the surface
- To remove tarnish: There are many
good creams, powders, etc: on the
market or one may use whiting moistened with ammonia water. Rub on the
paste, allow it to dry and rub off with soft cloth tissue paper or best of all
a piece of chamois
- A very simple method of removing stubborn tarnish is as follows: Take
a bowl large enough to contain the silverware, put into it an old piece
of aluminum (do not use an aluminum utensil still in use for cooking as this
process would quickly corrode it) the silverware and one quart of water
in
which is dissolved one teaspoon of salt and one teaspoon of soda. Put
over the fire and boil gently until the tarnish is removed. This gives a satiny
appearance
and makes the silver clean
- If silver, after it is cleaned, is rubbed with a piece of lemon, washed
and well dried, it acquires an extra brilliancy that will keep it clean
longer than with ordinary cleansing
- When silver becomes dull rub it with a piece of potato dipped in baking
soda
- A dry cork will remove stains from plate or silver more quickly than anything
else and it never scratches. If the cork is cut to a point it can be
worked into crevices which have become tarnished
- The darkest egg stain may be removed from silver by taking a pinch of table
salt between the thumb and finger and rubbing it on the spot with the end
of the finger
- If knives are to be stored
for a time, clean them, rub them with a
little sweet oil, and fold them one by one in flannel, baize or
chamois leather
- To clean knives quickly, rub them with a cork that has been
dipped in water and then in plate or knife powder
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