04-22-2012, 01:45 PM
CtahhR Wrote:I certainly do. I'd only use it on blackened silver myself. If a piece of silver is truly black you can mix it with a few drips of water into a paste and it removes the discolouring with ease.
A classic silver cleaning trick. If you have strong patina on silver due to silver sulfite do the following. 1/2 liter hot water, 4 small bits of aluminium foil (kitchen foil) about 2 by 2 cm each, 1 tea spoon of table salt, a bit of soda (not really necessary but helps). Proportions are more or less arbitrary. Put everything in a bowl, immerse your silver in there so that it touches aluminium foil. The thing begins to stink due to released sulfur. Give it a couple of minutes. The patina will be gone. Silver remains on the surface (basically, the silver is recovered from the sulfite).
Works wonders on table silver, silver necklesses. I tried it once on a silver medal, was not impressed with the outcome, the surface is dull.
Sergei
