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how to clean silver/silverplate without scrubbing

(1 rating)
Arabina avatar
Recipe by
Isis Bakeet
@Arabina
Middleburg, VA

I always enjoyed chemistry in High School and College; when I saw an ad for a "special gadget" that promised to clean silver with only boiling water and baking soda I laughed! The gadget was a piece of aluminum! Soooooooo...me being me ( a somewhat mad scientist) I went to my kitchen and VOILA! The recipe follows. Everyone I share it with utilizes it whenever gleaming silver is essential at the dining table. Saves a LOT of time and costs pennies...and so EASY! By the way, this also works for silver jewelry...my son is a jeweler and he recommends it for plain silver chains, earrings, etc.

(1 rating)
prep time 10 Min
cook time 5 Min

Ingredients For how to clean silver/silverplate without scrubbing

  • 1/2 gal
    boiling water or enough to immerse object you wish to clean
  • 1 c
    baking soda (i find that arm&hammer works best)
  • 1 lg
    sheet of aluminum foil or enough to cover bottom of glass or plastic bowl/basin in which you will clean the silver item(s)
  • 1 lg
    plastic basin or glass baking dish to hold the cleaning solution and silver item(s)

How To Make how to clean silver/silverplate without scrubbing

  • 1
    Boil the amount of water sufficient to cover items you wish to clean (silverware, silverplate, silver platters,silver bowls or the like).
  • 2
    Tear a piece of aluminum foil to fit the bottom of the cleaning vessel; add the boiling water and baking soda (Decrease amount of water and soda if only using a small amount of water). Stir together briefly.
  • 3
    Immediately submerge your tarnished silver items in the solution, making sure all surfaces are covered with the water . After only a very few minutes you will have beautifully clean and glowing silver!
  • 4
    Remove cleaned items and rinse well with clean warm water. Dry with a soft lint-free kitchen towel. (Now, go put your feet up and read a good book with the time you have saved!)
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