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Thread Number: 40236
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Copper and silver polish? |
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| Post# 427175 6/18/2020 at 11:25 (1,407 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Maybe it's just the stores' focus on essential supplies in the face of COVID-19 but I was surprised that I couldn't find copper polish or silver polish anywhere in town. These used to be commonly stocked items. Growing up, we always had jars of Twinkle copper polish and silver polish in the cabinet. In searching several stores, the only metal polish I could find was in the automotive section and every product there said specifically on the label that not to use it on silver. Have we actually devolved that far as a society in a single generation?
This little odyssey all started about a week ago when I got a silver-plated, twisted handle butter knife (the handle is perpendicular to the blade and thus equally usable with the right or left hand) that had a bit of tarnish on it. I thought I had a bottle of Haggerty's silver polish in the cabinet but alas, it was not to be found. All I can say is thank goodness for online vendors. Amazon had what I needed with free Prime shipping. The best deal was a two-pack with an 8-ounce tub each of Wright's Silver Cream and Wright's Copper Cream, so not only can I polish my butter knife, I can shine up my copper-bottomed RevereWare pots as well. Shine on! | ||
Post# 427181 , Reply# 1 6/18/2020 at 12:01 (1,407 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I polish all of my silver with HAGGERTY | ||
| Post# 427247 , Reply# 3 6/18/2020 at 23:24 (1,406 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 427338 , Reply# 4 6/19/2020 at 18:27 (1,406 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Yes Barkeeper's Friend is good stuff. I used it to get rid of the oxidation on my Kirby G5 when I first acquired it. Instant gratification.
Zud—Wow, I'd forgotten about that stuff. We used to have that when I was growing up. I didn't know they still made it. I don't remember the last time I saw it. The tub of Mother's that I have specifically says not to use it on gold- or silver-plate. Could be that it would strip the plating off. It probably would be okay for sterling. | ||
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Post# 427347 , Reply# 5 6/19/2020 at 20:16 (1,405 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I just saw ZUD | ||
| Post# 427363 , Reply# 6 6/19/2020 at 22:57 (1,405 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Zud
Is what I use. My wife has this crock pot type thing you put jewelry in it. I don't know the chemical but it cleans my ring and her ring. White gold and diamonds. I think jewelers use it for in house ring cleaning. I get all sorts of crap on mine plumbing commercial buildings.
Bar keepers friend is great. They have a spray foam cleaner. Its the best cleaner on g series vacuums and even older Kirby's. I used it an a grey scrubber on a G3. I had it clean disinfected and even a shine on it in less than 15 minutes. I dried it used mothers mag and it looked brand new. The older kirbys don't have as much plastic as g series. Les | ||
| Post# 427735 , Reply# 8 6/26/2020 at 21:34 (1,398 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 427779 , Reply# 10 6/27/2020 at 20:28 (1,397 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Proper tools for the job...
Not all polishes are created equal and none are equally suited for all polishing tasks. I certainly wouldn't use any abrasive polishes on silver or silver plate. Silver is very a soft metal and the abrasives will scratch the finish. A silver polish like Wright's Silver Cream just neutralizes and removes oxidation. The Wright's Copper Cream, which I just used to great success on my Revere Ware tea kettle, is very slightly abrasive but much less so than the Twinkle Copper Polish my mom used when I was a kid. Either of those is fine for copper clad pots like Revere Ware pots, which need to be clean and bright, but not for brass that needs a mirror finish. Brasso or Noxon are better suited for that because they aren't abrasive.
I've used the Turtle Wax products referenced above on car finishes, even to restore fogged headlights, if they're not too bad, and I've even used it to polish the aluminum on a Kirby, prior to giving it a final going over with Mother's but I've never used them on other metals. | ||
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