"Sorry: I wrote a note about silver and brass cleaning further below, not having seen Waqar's. It confirms what he says, and also adds a number of other things. By the way, I think this is about the third time I have written this stuff, but of…"
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Joost Daalder replied to Tribal Heritage's discussion Inexpensive Easiest Way to cleaning tarnished Silver jewelry..Joost Daalder replied to Tribal Heritage's discussion Inexpensive Easiest Way to cleaning tarnished Silver jewelry.."I missed out what Waqar wrote above about the aluminium and washing/baking soda treatment. Sorry for the repetition. Anyway, we are in hearty agreement. This method is about the only one that I fairly often use for heavily tarnished silver; if the…"
Joost Daalder replied to Tribal Heritage's discussion Inexpensive Easiest Way to cleaning tarnished Silver jewelry.."I found myself using salt (as an abrasive) and lemon - or vinegar (another acid, after all) - on heavily tarnished brass and copper in the mid 60s, when we were young, and bought such things as old jam-pans (some of which we kept but many of which…"
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Jamey D. Allen replied to Tribal Heritage's discussion Inexpensive Easiest Way to cleaning tarnished Silver jewelry.."An easy, inexpensive, and very effective way to clean tarnished copper, brass, and bronze is to use lemon and salt. Take 1/2 a lemon, and a small plate or container with a quantity of salt in it. Dip the cut side of the lemon into the salt, and rub…"
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"Eva, I thought it most useful to you yours in front of me as well. Personally the price of 425 euros struck me as low, for such a fine piece, and - but this is perhaps a subjective judgement - I would a higher price on Linda's, which I find…"
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