"gloria.p" > wrote in
:

> Aussie wrote:
>
>>
>> Wrights is Ok if you're over that side of the pond and can buy it at
>> your local shops, but I don't think it's available here.
>>
>> I'll let you know how the alfoil and salt and warm water thing goes
>> when I try it :-)
>>
>
>
>
> I've never heard of using aluminum foil and salt. Salt is corrosive
> to silver, just like eggs (sulfur) and rubber.



Rubber is corrosive to silver???


>
> The old time aluminum recipe called for "washing soda", i.e. laundry
> soap, AFAIK. It works OK but it does remove all tarnish including the
> patina silver has accrued. A good commercial polish works well.
> Storing the pieces in "silver cloth" works well to retard tarnish, also.
>


I did a search on 'non chemical silver cleaners'..... and came up with this
one in particular......

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...ndly_silver_cl
eaning.html


Which includes a University of Wisconsin explanation for the alfoil, salt
trick....

http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/TARNISH.html



But there are *many* more in the search to look at.......

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=&q=non-
chemical+silver+cleaning+solutions&sourceid=navcli ent-ff&rlz=
1B3GGGL_enAU240AU240&ie=UTF-8


http://tinyurl.com/24z3rut


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Hobart
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