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Yes, your silver can be restored to the shinny, glossy state it was in when you purchased it and can almost look brand new. However, for the most effective results, professional deep cleaning<\/a> is sometimes recommended to tackle stubborn tarnishing.<\/p>\n Restoring your silver to its beauty doesn\u2019t need to be costly or time consuming. Here, we give you easy to follow methods and cleaning recipes that will return your silver objects to their best condition.<\/p>\n For this method of cleaning silver, all you need is baking soda, aluminium foil, hot water and a pot to place your silver objects in. Cover the inside of the pot with aluminium foil and pour in the hot water, covering a third or half of the pot, depending on how deep it is.<\/p>\n Then add 2 spoons of baking soda, which can cause the mixture to bubble over, so make sure your pot is deep enough. Add in your silver and leave them in the mixture for 20 seconds. If they are large objects that are not fully immersed, turn them over, using a spoon or kitchen tongs, every few seconds to get full coverage.<\/p>\n When you take them out, if you can still see discolouration, give it a good scrub with a sponge. Then rinse it and dry it off with a cloth.<\/p>\n Instead of just baking soda, here we add in salt. As above, grab a pot, aluminium foil, baking soda, and this time: salt and white vinegar. Cover the inside of your pot with the aluminium foil and pour in hot water, enough to ensure your silver is immersed in water.<\/p>\n Then add a spoon of baking soda, a spoon of salt and half a cup of white vinegar. Drop your silver in and leave it in for about 15 to 20 seconds. If necessary turn your silver over, to ensure even coverage.<\/p>\n Once tarnish-free, remove your silver and dry them off with a piece cloth.<\/p>\n Surprisingly, hand sanitizer works perfectly as a silver polisher. Unlike the soaking methods, you will need to do the scrubbing (or rubbing in this case). Grab a small clean cloth and squirt in a few drops of hand sanitizer and polish your silver clean. Once shinny, rinse off the hand sanitizer using water and dry your silver with a cloth.<\/p>\n Get a pot and fill it with 3 cups of water, then add two table spoons of lemon juice, one cup of powdered milk. Mix the content and add your silver object and leave it to soak in overnight.<\/p>\n When you take it out, rinse it and dry it.<\/p>\n If it\u2019s just jewellery you are cleaning, squeeze lemon into a bowl and add 4 tablespoons of bath salt. Add hot water and place your jewellery in the mixture. Leave it in there for about 5 minutes, then take them out and rub off the tarnishing with a cloth.<\/p>\n For bigger objects, use lemon juice (a cup or more depending of the size of your silver) and half a cup of bath salt and leave it to soak for 5-10 minutes. Take it out and rinse it under water, then dry it with a cloth.<\/p>\n Another great cleaning agent to clean silver with is toothpaste, just squeeze a small amount of toothpaste on a cleaning cloth and rub it on your silver objects. Rub the toothpaste on your silver until it\u2019s restored to its original condition. If your silver is heavily tarnished, you can scrub it with a toothbrush. Rinse the toothpaste off with water and dry your silver before storing it away.<\/p>\n You can use laundry detergent as a silver cleaner. For this method, you need a pot, hot water, aluminium foil and powdered laundry detergent. Fill your pot with enough water to submerge your silver items in and add in one tablespoon of powdered laundry detergent. Mix it and add in your silver. Take them out after a minute and rinse them with water before you dry it.<\/p>\n Ketchup may not be an obvious choice as a silver cleaner, but it actually works in removing the grey, black coating from silver.<\/p>\n Squirt it on a soft cleaning cloth and rub it on your silver. If you find this action slow, you can place the silver items in a bowl and cover them in ketchup. Leave it to rest for about 15 minutes. Again, rub it with the soft cleaning cloth and rinse it clean. Then dry it and store it away.<\/p>\n Mayonnaise also works well as a silver polisher. The lemon and vinegar in the mayonnaise removes the dark coating from silver. Pour the mayonnaise into a bowl and place your silver in it. Leave it to soak up the mayonnaise for 15 minutes. Take it out and polish it with a soft cloth. Rinse it with water and dry it.<\/p>\n It is another unlikely cleaning agent for silver, but you can clean your silver with a regular window cleaner. Spray it on a toothbrush or sponge and lightly scrub your silver into its former glossy state.<\/p>\n For this method, you need a cup of beer, a pot or bowl, cleaning cloth and your silver. Pour the beer into the pot and drop in your silver objects. Let it rest for 10 minutes, then take it out and rub it with the cleaning cloth before rinsing it in water and drying it.<\/p>\n Instead of beer, you can also use spirits like vodka to clean your silver. Pour vodka (enough to soak your silver in) in a pot or bowl and drop your silver in. Let t soak for about 5 minutes. Take out the silver and rub it with a cloth. Rinse it with water and dry it.<\/p>\n Another unusual method to clean silver with, which really works, is ash from wood. If you have a fireplace that is still functional, take a small amount of ash from it (you can also burn a small piece of wood to produce ash). Use a soft cloth or cotton ball and pour lemon juice on it. Then dip it in the ash and start rubbing your silver clean. Once your silver is tarnish free, rinse it and dry it.<\/p>\n You can also polish your tarnished silver with banana peels. This method works best on silver that is not heavily tarnished. Place your banana peels in a blender. Add in a small amount of water to form a paste. Dip a soft cloth into your paste and polish your silver with it. Rinse it and dry it!<\/p>\n As silver tarnishes due to contact with moisture and sulphuric gases in the air, it is important to limit contact with moisture and exposure to air.<\/p>\n In the most stubborn cases of tarnishing and discolouration, eMop<\/a> can send its domestic cleaners<\/a> to return your silver into its original glossy state. Our cleaners, or eMoppers as we like to call them, are available 24\/7, so you can choose the hour that suits you.<\/p>\n For your brass items, you might find our how to clean brass guide<\/a> useful.<\/p>\nHow to clean silver with baking soda<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nHow to clean silver using salt, baking soda and vinegar<\/h2>\n
Cleaning silver with hand sanitiser<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nCleaning silver with Lemon juice and powdered milk<\/h2>\n
Cleaning silver with lemon and bath salt<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nPolishing silver with toothpaste<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nHow to clean silver using laundry detergent<\/h2>\n
Cleaning silver with ketchup<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nCleaning your silver with mayonnaise<\/h2>\n
Polishing silver with window cleaner<\/h2>\n
Cleaning silver with beer<\/h2>\n
How to clean silver with spirits<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nCleaning silver with ash from fireplace or wood<\/h2>\n
Polish your silver with banana peels<\/h2>\n
How to prevent your silver from tarnishing<\/h2>\n
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