Silver Cleaning in 15 Seconds!

Name: Silver Cleaning in 15 Seconds!
Prep time: 1 min
Total time: 1 min
Yield: 1-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon water, softener (also called washing soda or lime-scale remover); 1 tablespoon salt; hot water (if it can burn you, it's too hot); aluminum foil

Submitted by AniSarit

"Learned this while I was living in Mexico. You tend to learn tricks like these when you don't have things readily available! Not for use on antiqued silver."

Download

photo by Dreamer in Ontario

Ready In:: 1min
Ingredients:: 4
Serves:: 1-6

ingredients

1 tablespoon water, softener (also called washing soda or lime-scale remover)
1 tablespoon salt
hot water (if it can burn you, it's too hot)
aluminum foil

directions

Run a quart of hot water into your kitchen sink.
Dissolve the washing soda and salt in the water.
Place a sheet of aluminum foil on the bottom of the sink and place your tarnished silver on top. It must touch the aluminum foil.
The silver that's touching the foil and covered with water should become clean within 10sec.
If badly tarnished, rub silver item with a cloth after removing it from the water.
Alternatively:
Next time you boil potatoes, cool the leftover water and dip your tarnished silverware into it.

Questions & Replies

Got a question? Share it with the community!

Reviews

It's magical! If I could give half stars I'd give this a 4 1/2. It worked beautifully on most of my silver but didn't fully clean a couple of extremely tarnished items although they're vastly improved. Made for My-3-Chefs.

Dreamer in Ontario