5 Tips To Clean Silver Using Kitchen Ingredients

By Niveditha Kalyanaraman

November 11th, 2023

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Silver heirlooms lend a luxurious touch to table settings, but over time, exposure to light and air can make the shiny finish appear dull or tarnished. Fortunately, cleaning silver doesn't have to be tedious. With a few pantry ingredients, you can easily remove tarnish from silver items. Here are 5 tips to clean silver using kitchen ingredients.

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Baking Soda

Cleaning silver with a combination of aluminum foil, baking soda, and salt typically does the trick for both small and large silver pieces.

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Vinegar

For a more vigorous silver polishing, incorporate the cleaning power of vinegar.

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Ketchup

For extra sheen, try cleaning silver with ketchup. The condiment can be used as a paste to polish tarnished metals including brass and silver.

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Lemon

Remove water spots from silverware by dipping a microfiber cloth in a bit of concentrated lemon juice and polish away.

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Cornflour

Prepare a thick paste of water cornflour and apply it onto the silver item. Let the mixture dry completely and rub it off with a towel to polish the surface and restore the shine of your jewellery and silverware.

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