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How can I repair tarnished silver?

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To remove tarnish from silver, use a good quality cleaning paste and plenty of elbow grease. Equip yourself with several clean soft rags such as old t-shirts. Dip a rag in the cleaning paste, apply to the silver object, and rub well. Rub the polish off with a second clean rag. Repeat if needed. Then rinse the silver.

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posted by racheljh (70)
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There are many different home remedies you may find on the internet. But I recommend going to any household cleaner supply store, like a walmart, and buying a product like TarnX. That way you dont have to worry about mixing improper chemicals that could be harmful to you.

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Toothpaste will polish the tarnish away. Silver polish is great. You can also soak the silver in a metal pan lined with aluminum foil with baking soda in warm water.

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posted by es (60)
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Silver tarnishes because of a reaction with sulphur, forming silver sulfides. Use of one of the commercial silver cleaning agents is usually the safest method.

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