Cleaning silver with baking soda and aluminum foil (and hot water!)

[TheTrueGamble]

what kind of gloves do you have? what stores can i get them in, and what departments of the stores?

[jeck12345679]

Is it ok to clean silver often? or is it ok to clean everyday using this method.

[gafteng]

thanks for sharing this. much like a spectacular science experiment, my severely tarnished necklaces look pristine in an instant!!!! much appreciated.

[Sandriod78]

Thanks for this... Worked great on my bracelet and chain.

[1AppleofEden]

It works Very well, I didn't even have hot water or much foil touching the silver, solid silver & plated all work very well --very easy.

[inclinevillagenv]

Where's the mirror finish?

[CaptainChaos]

This actually turns the silver oxide back into silver. If you polish it you just rub off the silver oxide, leaving less and less actual silver. You can actually rub away decorations and fine details by too much polishing.

[BirdOfParadise777]

Woah! Dang! That was cool!

I'll volunteer to clean anyones silver now! LOL!

Take 30 seconds and charge for 3 hours! LOL!

Great vid!

[kimcantfindausername]

this actually works...

i used to have an inheritence teapot that was covered in black.

but a few second of this awesome cleaning technique it's shining like the first time it came out of a 18th century jane austen movie set.

[shipsofthenorth]

I tried this on a sterling trophy that had 40 years of tarnish. Although it did remove the black crust it also ruined the mirror finnish. I did two other sister pieces by hand, took several hours but they returned to original new mirror quality. I would suggest british product Silvo wading instead.

[MrVread]

it work for me thanks man

[hammeringallday]

For the most comprehensive instructions on silver care, follow the advice from silversmith Jeff Herman at Herman Silver Restoration & Conservation.

[RKapralov]

does this work on stained ugly aluminum engine components?

[garysquirrelreviews]

will this make .999 silver coins milky, how can you remove 'milk spots' anyhow?

[JackExEck]

@garysquirrelreviews I got exactly the same problem with my silver maple leaf ... ;/ any ideas whether will it work ? and what are those milky spots anyway ... it seems they are result of water interacting with silver ... some of the coins got my fingerprints on it , permanently!

[dan3f420]

Cool, ill have to try that with some of my old dimes

[MedallionCareLLC]

We sell a great silver care kit that requires no scrubbing for tarnish removal and easy non electric plating!

[R1ch1e18]

say you had i necklace that became dull, un shiny, do too showering with it.... does this work for that too?

[guidoulolo]

one insect was floating ... was it bright too?

[jwhouser]

btw doing this makes an awful smelling gas, but it does work.

[jayfulf]

add salt

[Janetofalltrades]

How much baking soda to water do you use?

[bbmode]

What does the baking soda do?

[clairgarrett]

i have two 1964 coins that are really dirty and i was wondering if this trick would still work on the coins without ruining the coin.

Please answer asap i really need your help fast!!!!!

[qazt19]

@clairgarrett This trick actually converts the tarnish back into silver through the chemical process, so it'd probably be safe for coins.

[clairgarrett]

@qazt19 ok thanks so much!!!!

[jbarba]

@clairgarrett Hope that you actually didn't listen to this person and clean your silver coins. Any kind of cleaning of collectable coins makes them next to worthless to most collectors. You could only sell your coins as scrap silver after cleaning them.

[clairgarrett]

@jbarba  oh ok thanks anyway! :)

[vorkev1]

i have fount that you can buy aluminum pellits like varry small ones and use then to cover the tiems and it will compleatley clean the item.

[vorkev1]

notice he is whareing a glove wounder wi maby some cleaning supplys that realey cleanes it.

[hapaxjalapenox]

@vorkev1 actually its a chemical process. and it does work actually.

[beingstupid21]

add 3 or 4 ozs of liquid detergent along with some reg salt and bring to a boil and the tarnish will oxidze on to the foil. The item does not have to be in contact with the foil, the foil just takes the oxidation from the water and makes the process work for multiple items.This works for high % silver only.

[fetishisticrose]

ah you reuse aluminum foil also...lol...thx 4 sharing

[crocagator99]

HOLY SHIT THAT WORKS AMAZING

[dabrowmj]

Don't you need salt too?

[TheExtraCoffee]

Adobe After Effects.

[danielodors]

@TheExtraCoffee - No, it wasn't After Effects, dummy! It was obviously Photoshop.

[centerice]

could tarnished brass be cleaned via the same method? Seems like the chemistry should be the same.

[ATwistOfTheInsane]

@centerice It should, but don't take it as standard; Alloys like brass can contain some other ingredients besides the obvious copper and zinc, and these may be more reactive. Test it on a small section of the brass that is not often see, such as the underside of the piece, before dipping the entire piece.

Otherwise, it should be fine. :)

[damusicplace187]

how much baking soda should i use???

[validitynow]

@damusicplace187 it all depends on how large what you're cleaning is. It's not that precise a process to worry too much. Buy a large box somewhere like Dollar Store (or you can get giant bags at Sam's Club - the guy in this video has a bag he's apparently used because he's doing large pieces in a bucket) - baking soda is very cheap. I'd roughly guess about 1/2 cup (maybe less) for every gallon of water

Mainly you have to have the silver in direct contact with the foil.

Hope this helps

[RICHMONDHILL1981]

he got the trophy for best silver cleaner.

[KMNthuree]

Why the fuck are there roaches swimming around?!

[centerice]

@KMNthuree ...and roach is thinking, why the hell all of a sudden, is all this shit in my bucket?

[mrhustler415]

i remember doing this watching mr.wizard back in the day.

[mjbob1]

bumper chrome....good shit lmao redneck : )

[validitynow]

I tried this today and spent all day doing it, with fairly good results. HOWEVER, for some reason having one of the pyrex dishes with the foil & solution that was on my beautiful wood butcher block has left DEEP DARK stains all over it, which I cannot understand! This is just water, salt & baking soda! Why would this make deep stains on a wood surface? is there anything I can do to counter-act this ??? Please help!

[fedelst]

@validitynow water, salt and bakin gsoda when you started the process. However, after you place the silver in the bath, it takes on silver ions. This is what made your butcher block dark. That tarnish became aqueous and then came in contact with the wood. try a mild acid such as vinegar to leech the silver out of the block. If you have not done so already.

[validitynow]

@fedelst Thank you for replying to help! I did in fact bleach it out by pouring lemon juice on the butcher block and letting it set for an hour, then cleaning as usual.

It's fun & fascinating that this really does clean your silver (esp the little detailed stuff) very quickly and does all the work for you!

[gigiontube]

Thank you, thank you. My silver teapot is like new now.



[Somedaysafe]

lol dead bee fail. cleaning silver win.

[tsukiomilover]

that is tight! i wish i had a trophy to clean >.>'

[coolsims94]

i hear you breathing........

[Danster82]

yeah this is good another good one is lipstick works like magic

[JackyLum]

great chemist always has the cheapest idea to help out those who needed, thank you the world of chemistry!!!!

[lizqueen]

Thanks for this video :) helpful.

hmm and i think i saw like a fly floating on the water...prolly dead

already because that was hot water :/

[Thorifying]

thank you for the tip!

[OzClawhammer]

Why is it so?

[SergeyK12345]

@OzClawhammer The tarnish is sulfur (silver sulphide which is black). While contacting with aluminum high negative contact potential is applied to the silver. Upon the potential in electrolyte media (what is why you need some soda in water - to create conductivity) the black sulphur compound is decomposed (you also may smell hydrogen sulphide during the reaction).

Even easier you may put some salt solution on silver and rub dgently its surface with aluminum foil. The same will work with gold.

[Raycheetah]

@SergeyK12345 I have also heard (and used to apparent good effect) that adding salt to the baking soda solution enhances the reaction. To avoid running up a bill for alumin(i)um foil, I went to a thrift store and bought an old alumin(i)um pot for a couple of bucks. I can keep it on a boil on the stove (loss of heat is otherwise a problem when cleaning a lot of silver), and the contact is almost automatic. =^[.]^=

[SergeyK12345]

@Raycheetah The reaction always happens when aluminum is in a good electrical contact with the tarnished silver/gold/(German silver) in an electrolyte. You may just rub the metals with salty water & aluminium foil. This may be in help when things are really big. Doing this be ready to smell disgusting odor - sulfur compounds.

[chimpanchu]

Damn, that's awesome. Never knew it could be that easy...!?

[max8987]

wow cool

[Sorroque]

In "Live"chat treasure net .

I was asking about baking soda on silver. I polished a 1936 Mercury dime with it with a pinch of soda between my fingers. This worked grate!

Thank you for the video.

[SuperGayNova77]

Holy cow!

[TeamLibertyExpress]

Brilliant method !!