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TABLE TIPS #1 - SILVERWARE
So you just got married and gotten your first items of either sterling or
silver plated ware to use on your dining table. Maybe you inherited silver
from a friend or family member, or Mom & Dad are consolidating down to
move to a smaller home. Whatever the case, you now have in your possession
an item(s) that might not only have a sentimental value, but also an
intrinsic value - in short, something you got to keep clean and nice to
use. Most people use sterling flatware and other silverware at holiday
time and it's kept away the rest of the year. The following article might
help in the understanding of the "care and feeding" of your silver (GRIN).
The 3 Main rules for any sort of silver washing are:
1. NEVER, repeat, NEVER wash good silver in a dishwasher - the silver
surface can get ruined. So NEVER use an SOS pad anything that might
scratch the silver surface.
2. Wash in clean water - only do several pieces at a time and get new
water in your dishpan.
3. Never use soap in your water that contains lemon/citrus scent/juice -
try to only use a phosphate-free soap.
If your silverware is new or you are just buying your new pieces, consider
buying (or making if you are handy with a sewing machine) treated cloth to
keep silver from tarnishing, plastic individual sleeves to store flatware
in, or a silver chest to keep all your flatware in. Each type of storage
has it's plusses and minuses, and that's what I will further get into, the
storage, care and use of your silver.
STORAGE - PACIFIC CLOTH and Other
Many sets of silver come in a wooden chest for flatware, and the lining of
those chests are usually a treated with a cotton/flannel impregnated with
microscopic particles of silver that is generically called "Pacific
Cloth". How Pacific Cloth keeps silver somewhat tarnish free is that is
absorbs the hydrogen sulfuric gases present in the air. Some other
examples of tarnish-causing things can be paints, wool/felt fabrics,
rubber bands/gloves, and foods containing eggs, citrus fruits/juice and
even onions. The oil in our fingers can also lead to tarnishing on silver
if not removed. Items you can buy already made in impregnated "Silver
Cloth" can be:
Place Setting Rolls (for 5, 6, 7, 8 piece place settings)
12 Sections Rolls for doing knifes, forks, spoons, etc
Pouches for Individual Pieces
Hollowware Flap Bags (for storing/protecting larger Trays, Bowls,
Coffeepots, etc)
You can also make your own rolls/bags by buying treated flannel/cotton
cloth that is available by the yard (varying widths from 36 to 58 inches)
if you are handy with a sewing machine. Just one thing, NEVER WASH PACIFIC
CLOTH/treated cloth because you will destroy it's capability to keep
silver from tarnishing.
Other storage mediums include: wrapping completely washed and dried
flatware in acid free tissue paper; placing items in plastic sleeves (new
flatware comes in those sleeve usually);
And for larger items stored on display in a cabinet where a 3M silver
tarnish resistor strip has been placed (it's a strip that you can put on
the shelf and attracts gases that help to tarnish silver, but should be
replaced every 6 months or more). One MODERN way is use a food saver that
vacuums the air out of the sealed bags - just wash, dry and store each
year and needs only occasional touching up for polishing.
CLEANING OF SILVER
There are various methods, dips, liquids, pastes, cloths to help clean
tarnish from your silver. Do remember that sterling can pit if treated
improperly, and silver plated ware can be worn through to the base metal
if left to over-corroded or "polished" too many times (plating can be
thin).
There are a number of famous cleaners on the market, and ones like
dips/liquids are good to get in intricate pattern trays and such if you
take extreme care in handling, but the best cleaners are the old fashioned
paste style. Using soft, clean cotton cloths (ones not washed in citrus
containing/smelling detergent) it's a matter of dipping the cloth in the
paste, rubbing the silver till tarnish is gone/shiny and then plunking the
item in hot soapy water to be thoroughly washed (to get the silver cleaner
off). Set pieces aside in layers of cotton dishtowels/cloths to be
rewashed once again after you have paste clean all the rest of the silver.
Now for handling the silver as you are cleaning with paste I recommend
cotton gloves to keep your hands clean and from absorbing the silver black
that comes off of the cleaning rag/towel. For the cleaning cloths, just
because the black keep coming off the piece, don't keep rubbing, only rub
till clean and looks like the surface when washed would shine. Change
positions on the cloth frequently. I buy cheap, fluffy cotton towels on
sale at WAL-MART and other because the cleaning cloths aren't worth
relaundering after, and can leave a slight smell/film in your washing
machine if you did a lot of silver - so throw out the blackened cleaning
rags/towels, but the ones you just layered your washed silver in you can
launder. GORHAM, 3M Hagerty, and a host of other makers have a number of
cleaners, brushes (to get into intricate ware), gloves and wipes to clean
silver with.
The aluminum sheets you see on TV actually do work with silver....those
that say place sheet in warm water in a sink, pour in so much "washing
soda" which is an old fashioned term for water softening powder made for
laundry use --- see the laundry section of your supermarket/hardware
store. If you have gotten a huge load of old silver-plate and want to see
what's corroded beyond actually polishing well, the aluminum sheet way
(science knows it as an electrochemical reduction) is good to quickly see
what silver might be resurrected. The problem is that this method should
only be used to see quickly if you have thin silver plated items that you
have bought/obtained. The problem with this process is that you have no
control over it (like with the dips) and the quick way can also lead to
surface pitting with overdoing. After the electrochemical reduction (fast
clean) is done, if the piece is worth saving you have to also gently use a
paste cleaner, wash and then dry well.
WASHING/DRYING SILVER
Hand-wash silver with warm water and a gentle, phosphate-free soap. Don't
pile pieces in the dishpan and avoid getting in contact with stainless
sinks, sink taps, other items that might scratch silver. Use plastic
gloves, not latex, when washing/drying. Use phospate-free soap and clean
water often. Rinse the pieces well and dry immediately with a soft cotton
cloth that hopefully is lint free. Store immediately in bags, chests, or
whatever medium you prefer (see above for storage).
Tarnish doesn't typically occur when the silver is in use, but rather when
it's not. Try to store your silver in a low humidity space. Over the
years, silver will get light scratches from use which helps to form the
"patina" of well-used and cared for silver.
I hope the above article helps in understanding your silver. Take Care,
Mark Rossman in NJ
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