The BEST Way To Polish Your Silver: Historic Restoration Tutorial 

If your sink is enamel over cast iron, it might be "interfering" with the process. Try doing it in al plastic 5 gallon bucket next time and see if it takes off more tarnish. Use boiling water from a kettle or stock pot. And after your silver pieces are all dried off-finish with a very light coating of food grade mineral oil. It will help keep tarnish away. Great video!

When I worked at the jewelry counter I used to tell my customers about this trick all the time for silver jewelry without stones. I love this trick!

I also learned form my grandmother, to wrap your silver jewelry in aluminum foil and place in airtight container, it does not tarnish. I use this hot water bath all the time on all silver sterling or plated and it’s magic. I don’t mind having silver, with this cleaning process.

AMAZING! Thank you for this video! I was dreading the requisite Thanksgiving/Christmas polishing of our silver pieces, especially my husband's grandmother's tea service, from Scotland. It is so old, and delicate, but now I don't have to rub it to death to get the tarnish off. Again, thank you!

Thank You so much for the information. It's like science class. I found a silver gravy boat I fell in love with. Can't wait to try this process. What's old becomes New!

OH MY GOSH your double drain sink!!! My favorite kind of sink 💕💜💛 Love it! Great video 🙂

Great ideas ! Thanks for sharing this. I’ll definitely try this. You sure make everything look like fun.

Thank you so much for sharing this and about not doing it in a stainless steel sink. I've been on a cleaning kick/frenzy since the snow started here in Memphis and was trying to decide if I really wanted to polish the silver. This makes it so much easier. I just found your channel and I'm loving it. ❤

Thanks for this video ~ I’ve done this before and it was magical to see it in action. I didn’t know about not using a stainless sink ~ thanks for the tip.

Glad to learn this. I have several pieces waiting to get cleaned. Many thanks.

Omg!!! I love your beverage dispenser ❤ I’d love to have one like that.

Thank you for this video. Years ago I bought a thick aluminum plate from qvc and the instructions said to use a few teaspoons of washing soda. It worked quick but I didn't know you could use reg soda. Looking forward to your next house tour. Those are my favorite. Thanks

Thank you for the information. I have never heard of this; it will come in handy.

LOVE IT!!! I have bunches of antique silver plate and I am going to be doing this!!!!

Awww your Pom is so cute 🥰- I had one for 13 years.

Ok...so, I’d watched this video many months ago, and since I had some very tarnished candlestick holders, I saved this. I forgot about my intent to try this technique,. On occasion I’d walk past those tarnished beasts and would think to myself, “I’m going to do that this weekend!” This thought would enter my mind, and fly right out the other side as soon as I glanced around the room and saw all the more important things that needed done. Well, a few days ago when I spotted those candlestick holders for the ga-gillionth time, they cried out to me , begging for some attention. I said ok, ok, ok already!!! And I grabbed them, pulled out the handy dandy baking soda, and foil, and got to work heating water. The first go around, only took minutes to prepare. I set a timer and watched part of.o movie until the timer went off. The results were pretty good for no work on my part at all. But I thought they could look better. I decided to heat the water up a little on the stove this time. Dang!!! s soon as I set the holders in the sink they immediately brightened by about 75%! I set the timer again and the final results were freaking amazing!!! They are gorgeous!!! Don’t procrastinate people! You’ll thank me for pushing you to try this!!!

Great video! I'm going to try it on a champagne bucket 🍾 THANKS

I use a similar technique using a canning or stock pot; heat the water to the boil, add foil I've washed and saved after cooking then drop in, add baking soda then silver. It takes very little time which is helpful if one has a lot of silver to clean.

Thank you so much for sharing this I’m going to try this and FYI omg your dog is so adorable 🥰

I made some minor adjustments, but THIS WORKS! Here's what I did for PERFECT results using this video and comments: 1. Start boiling the biggest pot of water you can find 2. Line a bucket with aluminum foil 3. Dump a TON of baking soda in (from a Costco giant bag) at least 2 boxes full 4. Place silver items into bucket 5. Pour boiling water on top 6. Pour more baking soda on top 7. Leave for one hour 8. Return, carefully remove items and dry (use rag as some tarnish may still come off) 9. Rub some mineral oil on silver to protect from rust

I used to do this until I found Hagerty's silver dip. Just use a plastic container. The minute it silver,put it under warm water. Not as harsh as Tarnex. I have been a dealer in silver for 39 years .

Thank you! This instructional video is truly a wonderful gift!

That's pretty awesome. Oh and your little pomeranian is adorable.

Thank you ,I always used Wrights silver polish. I like your way, less work. God bless you Lady.

Yep it works...just tried it on my Pandora bracelet with lots of charms and it worked like a charm 😉 very pleased indeed...I actually used the method from another video where she used a small pot over the stove instead of the sink

Great video. Thank You. Nice "Tiny Bubbles" singing too!

Shared this to a Facebook group I'm in. Maybe it will help your channel grow just a bit! Love the positive energy/vibes you both have. You can tell this is more than a restoration project, it's a labor of love 💘!

Thank you Laine for showing me this tip about silver, and silver plate. I just got a small silver plate creamer I'm going to try this on. I'm excited to see what you two do with Hope Farm. I know it's going to be beautiful! I love your channel, and all the wonderful old homes you show. Please stay cool this summer. Have a wonderful weekend.

My husband loved this!

Love your makeup and lipstick

I use this a lot for silver jewelry but I use a half cup of white vinegar in my bath it seems to work better for me...an old grandmother trick lol...but love the aluminum foil jack...will def try this next time...ty for all your hard work and sharing with us ❤

Thanks so much for this . I have silver that needs cleaning and will try you way.

I’ve seen this done before but I’ve seen people do it on a stove in a pot. Pro cool! ♥️😊👍

Wonderful! Thank you. Now, for those us who might be a tiiinnnyyy bit impatient *cough, cough*, can I dump all my spoons there at one time? 😂😂😂

Thank you! It really works greatly ❤

I’m loving that sink 🤓

When I do that, I need to OPEN A WINDOW. The fumes from doing it is very strong. Could it be that I have a stainless steal sink.

I also add salt to this process. I always do my table silver like this for a dinner party. So easy. Try the table salt addition.

I don't have one square inch of plated silver. Did I still watch this video? Yep!

Amazing difference!!!

Awesome 👏👏👍👍💕

Amazing what a fun channel

wow... GONNA DO THIS....

Good one, thanks!

I have some sewing machine parts I need to try this on. They’re nickel plated and I’m trying to remove the rust. I wish I was brave enough to try and replate them.

It works! These candle holders were black!!!

I have my mom's tea set. The tray is huge. I will have to use a tote or a plastic bin that it will fit in. I have a stainless steel sink. Bathtub is just too big. How about cleaning copper? I have 2 very old copper kettles from England. Silver polish is taking off the copper.

So let me tell you I tired this with a few tarnished silver serving ware pieces today. The pieces came out looking much better than they went it. There were some spots on them still, but this method worked. However I used a plastic storage tub (14” long, 8” wide, 10” deep). Thanks for sharing.

Thank You Fabulous

Hey, Laine! Thanks for the steps in how to do this! I saw this method done on a show recently, but they didn't give specifics as to everything you needed. So helpful! Do you know if one could use a disposable aluminum tray (such as those used to make lasagna or a casserole) with the same results, or is aluminum foil best? Reason I'm asking is that I have a bunch of them in storage and this would be a great way to put them to use. Thanks, girl!

Hi Laine,, I love your show. I was wondering if I could use a aluminum pan from dollar store instead of using aluminum foil. Thank you.

I may be the odd ball here but I love it when my silver tarnishes. I love that old look! 😅 Is there a reason silver needs to be polished besides the obvious? If it needs to be polished, I'm willing to try this method but if it doesn't I'd love to just keep it tarnished.

I did exactly as you said and it hardly did anything. I soaked for 30mins., 45 to well over an hour. Swing and a miss. It was worth a try though.

Whats the foil for

dog was a paid actor

We have a stainless steel sink. Would that negatively affect the process?

Hello i used to do this method to quickly clean my tarnished silver. But i find it leaves my silver dull afterwards. Any idea where im going wrong? I really like my silver to sing sing sing. Awesome video by the way thank you

Wonderful. Could you put the tinfoil piece in before you add water? Or there is some chemical reason not to?

Off topic, but I love your eyes! Could you please tell me what eyeshadow you are wearing???

Cool.

You’re beautiful thank you

I heard that budgie in the background!

Can I do this in a metal sink? And maybe without aluminum foil?

is it normal for all the spots around the silver? like water spots almost they dont go away.

*QUESTION* I purchased a sterling silver ring "polished", with designs in it. While it didn't look tarnished or that dirty I thought it could be brighter. I did this and the ring actually got DARKER after a few seconds. But it got darker inside the deeper parts. I'm assuming it's left over polish or some kind of residue. Is this normal? Or am I missing something or wrong about something? (I'm actually going to leave it in longer later as I'm in my way to class)

Wouldn't a disposable aluminum tray work? 🤔

What would you recommend for copper?

Love this! I have a very old silver Art Nouveau hand held mirror. Do you think I could do this method with a old glass mirror inside without ruining it?

What happens to the silver plating if you leave the piece in longer than 1 hour?

How frequently should we do this process?

Based on what I've seen from other RU-vid videos, the reaction would go much faster if you put a bunch of salt into the solution. Some even put equal parts baking soda and salt. The reaction is complete within seconds rather than many minutes.

some of my silver pieces have ivory on them (handles and such) it it still safe to do this or would i somehow need to keep those parts out? also do these still need polishing after?

There's a reason why we have OSHA.

Does this work on copper and copper plated ?

Nice kitchen sink -- is it old or a repro?

Would this process still work if you did it in a stainless steel sink?

Does the freshness of baking soda matter?

Could you buy silver jewelry cleaner and brush it on?

Does anyone know if this method of using baking soda is non-abrasive to silverware and silver plated objects? I heard that using baking soda is abrasive to silver and will actually remove silver particles the way a commercial silver polish does? Is this true?

How about using tarnix?

What kind of bird do you have?

I wanted to know more about that OSHA lolol................

Do you have a parakeet or a cockatiel?

Why would you pay for silver playing when you can pick up sterling far cheaper?

you should BOIL the water...I use this method all the time

I tried this on jewelry and it did not work.

great video . But its (A LU-MIN-I-UM- ) not aluminum lol

we knew that, the foil, the baking soda and the boiling water.

My silver is Sterling…

I must be the only one that didn’t think the piece looked much better. A tube of silver polish costs under $2 and a box of baking soda cost about a dollar. In other comments it was suggested using a “ton” of baking soda so maybe more than one box. I don’t see why you’d do this instead of buying a tube of polish.

Real silver is not plated

Oh no. I see you have a caged bird. Bye!

Close yur mout 😐

Thanks for this, but that bird though!!

If you'd out FIRST aluminum foil, then baking soda (and salt?) and AFTER THAT the hot water...it would be easier.

Can you do this with copper or brass?