How To Clean Silver Polishing Cloth

Fold the cloth into quarters and use different sections as you continue polishing your silver item to get the most efficient use of the entire cloth.

How to clean silver polishing cloth. Polish each piece of the flute with a silver polishing cloth. I tested several cloths by hand and machine washing them separately in cool water with mild detergent and letting them air dry. Dip one at a time. 1 4 cup liquid silver polish. With the crisis we are experiencing nowadays it is impractical to always buy silver polish cloth.

First check the care label or package instructions. Mix the liquid ingredients in a glass bowl or dish. Fold your cloth into quarters and use a small section at a time to polish silver. Rub the silver only in straight line back and forth motions not in circles. Pick up 1 piece of the flute and hold it in your non dominant hand.

Take a clean cloth square and dip it in the solution let it soak for a few seconds then lift out and squeeze to remove excess liquid so it won t drip when hanging to dry. Use your dominant hand to rub a silver polishing cloth back and forth over the piece using gentle even strokes. Pewter dishes are great for décor as well as practical uses. Here s how to polish silver with this common condiment. This way you can save money in making your own homemade polishing cloth.

Instead of buying a silver polish cloth it would be wise and smart to make homemade silver polish cloths for our jewelries. Stop after your remove all fingerprints and smudges and the metal surfaces look evenly shiny. If your silver is tarnished ketchup can help. Squirt a small amount on a paper towel and rub gently over the tarnished areas. Rinse the silver under running water.

This mixture is then smeared over the surface of your jewelry item and left to seep into the metal for one hour. Homemade silver polish cloth. Store silver polishing cloths in their original packaging or in a resealable plastic bag. Moisten a soft silver polishing cloth or the sponge included with the silver polish. Fold and unfold as you polish the silver cleaning cloth will become darker gray even black with tarnish that has been transferred from the silver to the cloth.