How To Clean Tarnished Silver Bars

First line the bottom of your sink with aluminum foil with the shiny side up.

How to clean tarnished silver bars. The amount of water you need will depend on the size of the silver bar or the number of coins you need to clean but 500 600ml should suffice in most cases. These 100 oz silver bars i just sold were stored in a dry place uncovered and therefore had oxidized or tarnished a bit over the years as they were exposed to open air. Rather than send in some tarnished silver bullion bars i decided to do a quick clean of the silver bars i was selling. Here s how to polish silver with this common condiment. The warmer the water the better but waiting for boiling water to cool down before scrubbing the silver can be time consuming.

If your silver jewellery got mat and tarnished soak it in a plastic bowl filled with lemon lime soda. Next you ll need some really hot water. Squirt a small amount on a paper towel and rub gently over the tarnished areas. Next add in as much tarnished silver as will fit and sprinkle it all with about a cup or even a bit more of baking soda. The reaction of the warm water baking soda and aluminum foil will allow the tarnished silver to clean beautifully.

Pop in a teaspoon of salt along with two or three tablespoons of baking soda giving the liquid a stir afterwards. Leave it for one hour.