Sure, I used it on a silver plate. It's really subjective, but because you can scratch silver with the soda if you make a paste (you totally can go this route, if you want) I run hot tap water into the sink to cover the pieces, and dump anywhere from a few tablespoons to half an old box of soda into the sink and swirl it around. An hour or so later, when the water was cool, I pulled the silver out, rubbed it down briefly and put it on the shelve. It's not that effective, but it removed at least half the tarnish.
Variations on this involve boiling the silver with aluminum foil in there too (to accept the tarnish you're boiling off) but then you only really need some kind of salt or something in the water, baking soda isn't necessary. Also, don't go too long (boil a few minutes until shiny is achieved, pull off the heat, cool and rm silver from bath), as prolonged exposure will probably let the chemical reaction get into the pretty silver.
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Date: 2009-02-05 09:05 pm (UTC)Variations on this involve boiling the silver with aluminum foil in there too (to accept the tarnish you're boiling off) but then you only really need some kind of salt or something in the water, baking soda isn't necessary. Also, don't go too long (boil a few minutes until shiny is achieved, pull off the heat, cool and rm silver from bath), as prolonged exposure will probably let the chemical reaction get into the pretty silver.