[Amps] Silver

[David Cutter]

I did this 50 years ago with grandma's silver spoons

David
G3UNA

> Another and safer way to clean silver:
>
> Heat up an appropriately sized container of water and dissolve a large
> amount of table salt into the water. Use enough salt such that it takes at
> least a minute to dissolve in the hot water with constant stirring. 
> Washing
> Soda (such as Arm and Hammer) works as well.
> Shape a liner for the container from aluminum foil and place the foil in 
> the
> container of hot water.
> Place silver that has been previously cleaned with soap into the bath
> (inside of the foil) for several minutes. Tarnish should dissolve away.
> For stubborn spots, remove and clean with soap and a damp rag before
> reimmersing in the bath.
> This is a simple reaction between the aluminum metal and the silver 
> sulfide
> (tarnish). The table salt acts as an electrolyte to allow the reaction to
> happen.
> Peter LA7SL
>