How to Clean and Polish Your Dinnerware

Growing up I remember my grandmother having silverware that she only brought out to be used when company came over to her house. Many of days I had to help polish the silverware. Below you will find ways of cleaning different types of silverware

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• club soda
• water
• salt
• cream of tartar
• old sock
• toothpaste
• cloth

1. 
    
   spotless dinnerware

   For stainless steel, to remove streaks on the silverware you can use club soda. Put club soda in a glass, take each piece and dip into the club soda and then rub with a cloth.

2. 
    
   how to make pots shine

   Copper can be polished to a nice shine by rubbing each piece with equal parts of salt and fresh lemon juice. Us a cloth to rub.

3. 
    
   aluminum dinnerware

   Use equal amounts of water and cream of tartar for your aluminum silverware, and it will give them a nice shine.

4. 
    
   polished gold

   For your silver and (or) gold utensils, put an old sock on one of your hands and squeeze a little toothpaste on your fingertips, then stroke each piece up and down with toothpaste. Rinse each piece well, then use a dry cloth to buff utensils to a nice shine.

[jeni10]

on 11/7/2009 I never knew toothpaste would polish silver. Thanks for sharing this with me. Great article on how to clean and polish your dinnerware. 5*

[bellerose]

on 11/6/2009 All of these tips are really helpful but especially the ones for aluminum (which I had completely given up on) and silver (which is always getting tarnished). Toothpaste does a very good job on gold-plated silver. 5*

[highcloud]

on 9/2/2009 Great article. I never thought of using cream of tarter. Good advice!!! 5*

[goilaswati]

on 8/31/2009 Nice tips.. thanks. Definitely a 5* and a rec.

[jenng]

on 8/29/2009 Great article on How to Clean and Polish Your Dinnerware 5*