"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 23:23:52 -0600, "Polly Esther"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 22:43:50 -0600, "Polly Esther"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I 'll be bringing soup spoons and ladle to a special Christmas gumbo
>> >> lunch.
>> >> I've looked at the Oneida and Heloise websites. They say use a
>> >> teaspoon
>> >> of
>> >> ammonia to a gallon of hot water to make them sparkle. Anyone have a
>> >> better
>> >> idea on making flatware look its best? Polly
>> >
>> > I've used whatever the technique is that requires aluminum foil,
>> > baking soda and hot water. It's great for removing tarnish... but
>> > there's no way it makes silver shine. You still need to use silver
>> > polish and elbow grease to make it shiny... but it will be less work.
>> >
>> I am just so sorry to be so vague. I'll be bringing a nice grade of
>> stainless. This Gulf Coast is miserably hard on sterling silver and I
>> gave
>> that up years ago. Polly
>
> You have dull stainless? My recommendation is to run it through the
> dishwasher. Dishwasher detergent does wonders for staidness steel
> flatware.

I was wondering about that but... When we lived on Cape Cod, a few pieces
of my flatware took on an odd cast to their finish and I was never able to
get them to look normal again. My metal canisters rusted out very badly and
so did the metal on my pepper mill. I think it was something in the air
there. Have not had that problem here.