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    Cleaning Spoons

    Last weekend my DD had to do a science experiment for school, so we tested a few.

    The first was cleaning silver spoons with aluminium foil, bicarb and boiling water?

    Has anyone done this before, I had to keep repeating it as it amazed me with its sheer simplicity.

    We also threaded pins into a blown up balloon without popping it, but that's a different story.
    I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.
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    I remember my dad cleaning the chromework on his car with aluminium foil (Morris Oxford it was).
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    • #3
      I am sure there was an episode of mythbusters that showed cleaning the hrome on a car with foil
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      • #4
        Have cleaned a silver locket using that method, came up lovely. Got it from a natural housekeeping book that shows how to clean without using harsh chemicals
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        • #5
          Originally posted by mothhawk View Post
          I remember my dad cleaning the chromework on his car with aluminium foil (Morris Oxford it was).
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Mikeywills View Post
            We also threaded pins into a blown up balloon without popping it, but that's a different story.
            Sellotape?
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            • #7
              not sure if just ordinary washing powder works too. It does a lovely job on stainless tannin stained teaspoons. Same for tannin stained cups/mugs. Add powder to a mug, about a teaspoon, then fill with boiling water. Put your spoons in leave for a few hours. Wash, wash the mug too, presto, no stains
              Powder works better than liquid.

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              • #8
                Many years ago when I was a student, I used to work in a large, very grand hotel and one of my jobs was cleaning the silverware. We used to use foil and bicarb.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by julesapple View Post
                  Sellotape?
                  No you rub vaseline over the needle and twist it as it enters the balloon, it goes through a treat I managed 9 before the 10th popped the balloon and covered me in vaseline!! (note they have to go in the end not the side)
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                  • #10
                    ok, so now I feel silly what is the foil and bicarb method? About to start polishing the chrome on the anglia so could be useful
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                    • #11
                      its ok I have googled it. Pretty cool, also found the polishing with aluminium foil thingy. I had been wandering how we were going to polish those up so thankyou *wanders off to add aluminium foil to tommorrows shopping delivery
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                      • #12
                        Marestail is supposed to be good for polishing stuff......................... I'm glad its useful for summat......
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                        • #13
                          I have never heard of this trick. I have quite a few pieces of silver here that could use some polishing. What exactly is bicarb? The name doesn't sound familiar.

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                          • #14
                            Bicarbonate of Soda - sold here in small tins for cooking with, or people use it to mix with a fizzy drink as an indigestion remedy

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