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’twas when it turned a dark blue/black/purple hue that I realised I had no choice – I had to polish my silver candlesticks.
For those balabustas whose silver never gets past the slightly tarnished stage, silver tarnishes as follows: gold -> brown -> dark brown -> deep blue/black.
To easily get rid of really stubborn deep down tarnish, use
Tarn-X (or however it is spelled) followed by a polishing with whatever polish you typically use. By the time you polish it, it will be easy to quickly shine it up. Someone else once suggested to em to put aluminum foil on the bottom of the bath tub (shiny side up), put tarnished items flat down on it, fill the tub a little bit with Spic and Span and hot water, then cover the silver items with more aluminum foil, shiny side down this time). Apparently this causes the trnish to transfer to the foil. I never tried it, but have heard from others that it works.
I have a tray like that, the pattern is amazing; I don’t plan on polishing it.
I have a tray like that, the pattern is amazing; I don’t plan on polishing it.
I’m sure your wife feels the same way.
My silver gets that way too LOL.
oomis, it works.
I’m sure your wife feels the same way.
Yup, she does.
Why?
My silver used to be like that and then every once in a while when it was real bad I would take out the polish and rub away until it sparkled. It took a lot of time and elbow grease. In the past couple of years I don’t use polish at all and my silver is always sparkling. I use silversmiths’ gloves. Every motzei Shabbos, before I put away the leichter, I put on my gloves and wipe them down and voila beautiful, sparkling leichter in just a few minutes. Then I put them away in the china closet until the next Friday (and they still look good). Hagerty and Goddard’s makes these gloves and although they are not too cheap they’re worth every penny!
I’ve used the silver polishing gloves & cloths, but am very curious about that aluminum foil method. does it havta be ‘Spic ‘n Span’ or will other liquid cleaners work, i.e. ‘Mr. Clean’??
I just cleaned some silver last night that was not polished in a while (prob since last pesach) and while it was very very dark brown/gold it was NOT purple. I kept saying maybe I should leave it until next year and not polish it to see if it really turns purple….. but I could not hold out!
i know someone who never polishes thier leichters… and i watched the pattern over time it went like this silver> gold> blueish blackish. and then it got so black that it turned silver again lol…heyy if you never polish your silver youll at least see it being silver around once a year with out even polishing it lol!
oh! so i guess i’m not too bad – mine all just turn gold, before i finally polish them. 🙂
why are you admitting that you are dysfunctional? just joking
good answer, chocandpatience. 🙂
I suppose ANY detergent in the tub would work as well. It is the aluminum foil that really does all the work. I also think there is no down side, but try it on something inexpensive first.
When I saw the thread title ‘It turned dark purple’, I thought it would have been about my shirt. You see, a poster yesterday was sure that I wear purple shirts, for some reason unknown to me. But my shirts are NOT purple. They get changed daily and washed!
‘It turned dark purple’ could have been refering to my teacher’s face when he realised I’d pulled a shtick yet again.
It could also have been my dear mother’s face on opening the cookie jar and discovering each one had been sampled, saying ‘I wish I hadnt told him not to eat a SINGLE one!’
But no, it’s yet another womens’ thread about cleaning! My face is beginning to change colors. Polishing silver? My motto is “in Goddard we trust”. Let them see to it.
I have a tray like that, the pattern is amazing; I don’t plan on polishing it.
Looking to get rid of it?
thanks, oomis. good idea to try it on something else first before the leichter. =]
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