Silver
Silver is one of the metals used in many fields. It is used to manufacture jewelry pieces, some antiques and household utensils such as dishes, spoons, spikes, and travel knives, but silver from fragile metals that is distorted with use. It is exposed to pollution and some stains and scratches. To take care of it well to maintain for prolonged periods.
Methods of cleaning silver
There are three effective ways to clean silver:
Aluminum foil
Put a good amount of warm water in a deep dish, preferably a plastic or glass dish, add a little water with sodium bicarbonate or salt, then soak the silver pieces in this whole dish and leave for about ten minutes, and can put a few pieces of aluminum foil in the water. After 10 minutes or when it seems that the silver is completely cleaned, remove it from the container and wash with water, and then dry it with a cotton cloth. If the silver item contains precious stones, it is best to send them for jewelry seller to clean them and polishing them appropriately.
Toothpaste
This method is effective in cleaning the pieces of antique silver or pieces that contain a lot of inscriptions, and details that stick to the dust, and this is the use of some types of paste for the polishing of silver pieces or toothpaste, and after a sufficient amount of putty on the sponge and massage silver pieces And then put a little putty on a cotton cloth and rub the piece well. The pieces should be washed in one direction only and careful to keep them moving in a circular way to avoid being exposed to the wounds. After that, wash the silver pieces with water until all the residue of the paste is removed, and then dry thoroughly with a cotton cloth.
Warm water
The silver pieces are placed under a stream of warm water continuously after each use. This method is effective in removing the sediments attached to these silver pieces.
Tips
- Wrapping the silverware in isolation from the other pots; in order to avoid exposing the silver pots to any kind of scratches and deformities when they are in contact with other utensils, and be careful to put iron pots near silver pots during cleaning;
- Avoid washing silverware while using rubber gloves; rubber affects silver and causes damage.
- When preserving silver pieces, it is best to cover each piece by using a paper napkin or a plush bag after making sure that the pieces are completely dry.