No matter how beautiful and elegant silver cutlery is on the shelves in the store and when it is first served on the table, over time they lose their presentable appearance. Of course, you can use darkened spoons and forks, but you won’t put them on the table for guests. Fortunately, there are ways to clean pewter spoons and forks, returning the dishes to their original appearance.
The most common can be called the following means and methods of cleaning cupronickel spoons:
- Coca Cola;
- Means for cleaning teeth;
- Boiling in an eggshell;
- Boiling in garlic husks;
- Ammoniac;
- Food foil;
- Salt and soda.
No matter which of these methods the hostess chooses, she will have to make some efforts to clean well and achieve the result. Now in more detail about some methods.
How to clean stainless steel cutlery, read here .
Foil
You need to put ordinary food foil in the pan. It doesn’t matter if it is straightened or crumpled. Place pewter spoons and forks and cover them with baking soda. Pour the contents with boiling water. As a result, blackness will come off spoons and forks instantly.
Ammoniac
Place darkened spoons and forks in a container with ammonia for 15-20 minutes, then thoroughly clean them under running water. You can dilute alcohol with water. But in this case, you will have to keep the cutlery in the solution for about an hour.
Eggshell
The easiest way to clean cupronickel, which only requires an eggshell. It should be crushed and placed in a pan together with spoons and forks. It remains to pour water and boil everything together. For a better result, each device can be wiped with a cloth. By the way, if you apply a small amount of egg white to such a cloth, the result will exceed all expectations. You can also clean gold-plated dishes.
Garlic peel
If there are cupronickel or silver spoons and forks in the house , it is worth stocking up on garlic husks, collecting them after cleaning the garlic in a cardboard box or bag. When it becomes necessary to clean the appliances, pour the husks into a pan, pour water and boil. Place spoons and forks in boiling water and boil until they turn white. The darker the metal, the more scale required to remove scale.
Salt
Dip a damp, soft sponge in the salt and wipe the devices one by one with pressure. It will not be easy, and it will take a lot of time. But the result will please. But you should not resort to this method too often, as the metal will soon stop shining.
Potato
After the peeled potatoes lie in the water, they will be saturated with starch. If you put cutlery in it for a few hours, which need to be cleaned of plaque, they will regain their original appearance. Potato broth and even mashed potatoes are also suitable for this purpose.
Toothpaste or powder
Dip a soft cloth, a little wet, into the tooth powder so that the powder sticks, and clean the darkened cupronickel spoons with it. If you cannot find the powder on store shelves, you can use toothpaste with the same success. Moreover, not only white paste is suitable, but also multi-colored gel ones.
How to store cupronickel devices so that you have to clean them as rarely as possible
It is better to store cupronickel spoons and forks in a cardboard box or canvas bag wrapped in foil. So there will be no air access to them. Choose a drier corner and try to avoid proximity to other metals.
After the cutlery has been used, it must be washed and rinsed with warm water. You can’t put them in the dishwasher, as well as in a regular dish dryer. Chlorinated water has a bad effect on them, so it makes sense to buy water in a store specifically for washing such dishes, because it is not used every day.