How To Clean Tarnished Silver Teapot

Rinse the teapot with warm water to wash away all the excess polish then dry the teapot immediately using a clean soft cloth.

How to clean tarnished silver teapot. Add more polish as needed until all of the tarnish is gone. I have a sideline whereby i buy old dirty tarnished silver plated items clean then up and then sell them again unless i particularly like the finished product in which case i add them to my collection. You may also consider wearing cotton gloves. Here s what you need to do if your silver is in a similar state. As tarnish transfers and accumulates onto the sponge rinse it with water and wring it out.

3 quarter of your sink needs to be full of water. Never go for the soaps that have any sort of citric extract. Rinse the teapot and pitcher thoroughly with warm water to remove all traces of polish residue. 2005 this entry appended to this thread by editor in lieu of spawning a duplicative thread. Clean the silver with warm soapy water.

Wipe the inside of the tarnished silver teapot and pitcher using straight even strokes. While the baking soda has abrasive properties that remove the tarnishing from the silver tea sets the water salt and aluminum foils create ion exchange. You can also try a method where you line your sink with aluminium foil add lots of salt and hot water. It is a chemical reaction which allows the tarnishing on silver transferred and absorbed by the aluminum foil. So once an item has been cleaned you will want to clean it more often to keep tarnish from building up.

I did not have very good luck with that method so i use the silver polish. Squirt a small amount on a paper towel and rub gently over the tarnished areas. Next add in as much tarnished silver as will fit and sprinkle it all with about a cup or even a bit more of baking soda. Use around half a teaspoon acid free liquid soap for mixing with the sink water next. The darker the tarnish is the harder it will be to remove.

Step 3 store your clean polished silver plated teapot in a kitchen drawer and cover it with anti tarnish fabric lining. On the other hand you need to use hot water for non lacquered teapot. Do this right after you are done using it as the oils on your skin or residue from food can begin to chemically react with the silver and damage it. Silver tarnishes when it is exposed to air and high humidity makes silver tarnish more quickly. First line the bottom of your sink with aluminum foil with the shiny side up.