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Whats good on REALLY tarnished silver? - 4/12/2007 12:36:39 AM    HunterGatherer   Posts: 98 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline Picked up an old spoon today in a city-owned, dozed dump (it breaks my heart every time I go there) and its obviously silver. Whats the best way to clean it? I have it soaking in vinegar right now. Post #: 1

RE: Whats good on REALLY tarnished silver? - 4/12/2007 12:45:06 AM    capsoda Posts: 7510 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Get some cheap silver polish from Wally World or a silver polishing cloth. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to HunterGatherer) Post #: 2

RE: Whats good on REALLY tarnished silver? - 4/12/2007 12:59:15 AM    HunterGatherer   Posts: 98 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline Does that work on layers of encrusted crap? (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 3

RE: Whats good on REALLY tarnished silver? - 4/12/2007 1:07:12 AM    cc6pack   Posts: 497 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline hunter coin silver or sterling normally comes out of the ground looking very good, unless you are near salt water or sulfur. You may have a plated piece. Is there anything marked on the back of the handle. A pic wouldn't hurt. (in reply to HunterGatherer) Post #: 4

RE: Whats good on REALLY tarnished silver? - 4/12/2007 1:19:14 AM    epgorge Posts: 2398 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline I would imagine it is silver plated. The one I found today most likely is. Most people around here couldn't afford real silver ware. I used Twinkle silver polish. I caked it on and am letting it set over night. Joel Attachment (1) _____________________________ (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 5

RE: Whats good on REALLY tarnished silver? - 4/12/2007 1:22:32 AM    HunterGatherer   Posts: 98 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline Vinegar seems to be helping a bit. Now that its coming cleaner, I can tell its plated. A pic wouldn't really help either; its just a spoon with apparently no embossing or design. Words are starting to appear on the obverse though, I can just make out "redrum" ... or that might be "Co." (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 6

RE: Whats good on REALLY tarnished silver? - 4/12/2007 1:29:58 PM    CrewelaDeVil   Posts: 309 Joined: 8/31/2005 From: New England Status: offline quote: can just make out "redrum" ... or that might be "Co." Uh oh- could it be from The Stanley Hotel??  REDRUM REDRUM! (The Shining) Sry...couldn't resist. Pam (in reply to HunterGatherer) Post #: 7

RE: Whats good on REALLY tarnished silver? - 4/12/2007 1:32:50 PM    HunterGatherer   Posts: 98 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline Just kidding about the redrum bit of course. I left the spoon in vinegar overnight; would have left it longer but dad spilled it this morning. Most of the junk has come off and I have realized 2 things. 1. I still can't read the teeny eeny iny little company name. 2. The name doesn't matter, the spoon was in a dump for a reason. (in reply to CrewelaDeVil) Post #: 8

RE: Whats good on REALLY tarnished silver? - 4/14/2007 1:46:09 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2012 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline HUNTER...try some Tarn-Away. _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc....and... Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to HunterGatherer) Post #: 9

RE: Whats good on REALLY tarnished silver? - 4/19/2007 7:56:40 PM    slcholt   Posts: 76 Joined: 10/8/2003 Status: offline Try silver SPRAY PAINT on that one...... _____________________________ Check out our site and our collectors! http://www.utahcollectors.com (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 10

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