A few months ago, Doug Elliott posted over on the Trombone Chat Forum about how to remove tarnish from silver plated mouthpieces by putting them in a a pan with aluminum foil and a solution of vinegar, salt and baking soda and hot water. When the silver plated mp is touching the foil, the tarnish would be removed from the mp without removing any silver plate.
My wife decided today to finally clean some silver plate she inherited from her Mom and grandmother and I found a number of variations on this method. Apparently its a widely used home cleaning method. We used it and it worked very well, saving hours of polishing. Only a little touch up was required with silver polish.
I was wondering if anyone has ever tried this for a whole instrument. It would require a fair amount of solution to cover a 11 1/2 inch bell, but the same tub I do my cleaning in would likely work as long as the bottom was lined with enough foil so that it was in contact with the instrument.
I also am wondering if the stainless steel valves should be handled differently, since I have no idea what the solution would do to SS.
Just wondered if anyone has ever tried this.
My wife decided today to finally clean some silver plate she inherited from her Mom and grandmother and I found a number of variations on this method. Apparently its a widely used home cleaning method. We used it and it worked very well, saving hours of polishing. Only a little touch up was required with silver polish.
I was wondering if anyone has ever tried this for a whole instrument. It would require a fair amount of solution to cover a 11 1/2 inch bell, but the same tub I do my cleaning in would likely work as long as the bottom was lined with enough foil so that it was in contact with the instrument.
I also am wondering if the stainless steel valves should be handled differently, since I have no idea what the solution would do to SS.
Just wondered if anyone has ever tried this.
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