How Do You Polish Silver Using Baking Soda?
Polishing silver is about as popular as paying taxes – but the time still comes when you need Gramma’s favorite serving dish. Learn how to use science instead of elbow grease to polish your silver heirlooms. Baking soda is good for more than making Gramma’s favorite cake recipe. Follow these directions and you can make swift work of polishing the family silver. Begin by washing your tarnished item. Dry and set it aside. Next, select a plastic pot large enough to hold your item along with one quart of boiling water. Now tear off a section of aluminum foil and place it in the bottom of your plastic bucket. Make sure you cover the bottom completely but don’t feel you need to “seal” the foil around the edges. In this step you create the baking sode solution. The solution consists of 1/4 cup soda, a few teaspoons salt, and 1 quart boiling water. Boil the water first and then gently stir in the soda and salt; mix gently and then pour the water into your bucket. Finally, add your tarnished si
