How To Clean Tarnished Silver Teapot

Clean the silver with warm soapy water.

How to clean tarnished silver teapot. It is a chemical reaction which allows the tarnishing on silver transferred and absorbed by the aluminum foil. Do this right after you are done using it as the oils on your skin or residue from food can begin to chemically react with the silver and damage it. Never go for the soaps that have any sort of citric extract. For lacquered one use your home s warm tap water to clean the teapot. Next you ll need some really hot water.

While the baking soda has abrasive properties that remove the tarnishing from the silver tea sets the water salt and aluminum foils create ion exchange. Wipe the inside of the tarnished silver teapot and pitcher using straight even strokes. Silver tarnishes when it is exposed to air and high humidity makes silver tarnish more quickly. As tarnish transfers and accumulates onto the sponge rinse it with water and wring it out. Here s how to polish silver with this common condiment.

How to clean silver naturally. Rinse the teapot and pitcher thoroughly with warm water to remove all traces of polish residue. Wash your hands before handling the silver. Here s what you need to do if your silver is in a similar state. You can also try a method where you line your sink with aluminium foil add lots of salt and hot water.

On the other hand you need to use hot water for non lacquered teapot. Next add in as much tarnished silver as will fit and sprinkle it all with about a cup or even a bit more of baking soda. Use around half a teaspoon acid free liquid soap for mixing with the sink water next. The darker the tarnish is the harder it will be to remove. Squirt a small amount on a paper towel and rub gently over the tarnished areas.

3 quarter of your sink needs to be full of water. First line the bottom of your sink with aluminum foil with the shiny side up. Let the teapot soak. 2005 this entry appended to this thread by editor in lieu of spawning a duplicative thread. I have a sideline whereby i buy old dirty tarnished silver plated items clean then up and then sell them again unless i particularly like the finished product in which case i add them to my collection.