I have recently become a silver enthusiast. Blame it on Downton Abbey, all I know is it’s great stuff. And cheap. It’s hard to find a thrift store without a piece or two of the goodstuff. To my amazement, nobody appears to be scooping it up, which is fine because it just leaves more for me to choose from.
Thing is, I am hella tired of dealing with stinky, chemical laden, silver polish in a bottle. I tried the baking-soda and foil trick a few times — worked fine on new tarnish, no luck on the old stuff. Then I ready about using toothpaste on silver….
To my amazement, not only did it get the tarnish off, it worked better than the commercial stuff. And faster. And cheaper. And it didn’t smell or anything! I smeared it on and waited maybe 30 seconds. That’s it. No elbow grease, no nothin. I used Sensodyne because that’s what I keep in my house, but as I understand, any white paste toothpaste will do the trick. Blue-gel glittery toothpaste, not so much.
Something tells me someone will say that toothpaste is too abrasive for silver, and that’s fine, but I say, if it’s good enough to put in my mouth twice a day, it’s good enough for a silver platter I found ast the thrift store. As for the other Silver Platters, well, they don’t need any extra polishing now do they?
Well, maybe Jan. Poor thing, she can’t help it.
I even use toothpaste for cleaning my jewellry. It’s not so very abrasive – plus my earrings smell like menthol… which I like a lot!
Scooping up silver at thrift stores? You and me both, sister!
Even easier is a Magic eraser – rub a scrub and tarnish gone.
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hahahahah,
the last “jan” comment
made me laugh out loud.
so true.
Haha…that’s a great trick. I will try that next time. 🙂
I’ll try the same, too! Greats idea!
Pepsodent is the cheapest toothpaste. Usually $.88-1.00. Try it! I wouldn’t try the magic eraser on silver though, it could really scratch it.
Thanks for this post…. I have a huge silver punch bowl that I found at the goodwill that needed some serious tlc. The tarnish was horrible and I never think to get any polish when I’m out. I used a tube of toothpaste that noone in my house will use and it worked beautifully.
brilliant idea to read ……. will start trying and tell my children who are neglecting the cleaning of the silver stuff ( ! ! ) I am already giving them now and then ! ! ! Next time, I’ll drop toothpaste and a brush next to their ( expensive ) silver …….