Comments on: Cleaning Silver with Baking Soda and Aluminum Foil

By: Jelli

Jelli — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:35:54 +0000

Just tried this and worked pretty well. Thanks!

By: Natural Health Goodies

Natural Health Goodies — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:52:00 +0000

Hmm, very interesting. At first I thought you were going to rub the silver with the aluminum foil and thought that sounded like a risky thing to do – it is interesting that the chemical reaction with the aluminum foil and baking soda does the trick all by itself. Great tip!

By: Nora

Nora — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:26:27 +0000

Hi, I love this idea and linked to your page. Could I have permission to use one or two of the photos along with the link?

Nora

By: lou parris

lou parris — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:44:51 +0000

Gretchen, I have told not to use this method on elaborately etched pieces. The method will remove the treasured etching. I have a “silver man” who puts thepatiana back on! He only recommends Wright’s or another mild silver cream. In fact, he prefers just rubbing off the tarnish with a rag. That said, I am going to get some heavy duty stuff because my silver is so tarnished. I have used Simithocone (sp) in the past, but there are others. Simithocone is really for cleaning motorcycles and shining them. I will look further into it.

By: Jonathan@Frugalocal

Jonathan@Frugalocal — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:45:56 +0000

That’s a fascinating way to clean silver, I wonder who comes up with these ideas, I mean a piece of aluminum foil?

By: Emily @ Under$1000PerMonth

Emily @ Under$1000PerMonth — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:40:46 +0000

Oh, I love this. I’ve never heard of it before. I wonder if there is something similar for cleaning brass.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:35:59 +0000

I’ve always wondered if this method worked… but was too lazy to try!!! I will now!! I have a serving dish from my mother in law that needs a cleaning badly… but has very intricate etching on it… thus the laziness… will try when I get home! Thank you!