Silver Maintenance

[jaytex1969]

What's your favorite silver polishing product?

Will it damage the briar finish if some touches it?

Need I mask the wood before polishing?


Thanks.


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[warren]

Jeweler's rag or, cloth.

 

[Waning Embers]

What's your favorite silver polishing product?

Will it damage the briar finish if some touches it?

Need I mask the wood before polishing?


Thanks.


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Jeweler's rag or, cloth.

I use a jeweler's cloth on silver, briar, and ebonite. If the silver's black, i use toothpaste.

 

[didimauw]

What's your favorite silver polishing product?

Will it damage the briar finish if some touches it?

Need I mask the wood before polishing?


Thanks.


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Since you are a new member on this forum, I suggest you listen to the words above this. They know things.

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[warren]

Tooth paste is a vastly under used polishing compound. It's a great, small grit, polishing compound that we hardly ever think about.

 

[irishearl]

I simply spit into a tissue, dip it into my ash tray to pick up some tobacco ash and rub the silver. Works like a charm.

 

[Waning Embers]

Tooth paste is a vastly under used polishing compound. It's a great, small grit, polishing compound that we hardly ever think about.

It's what I use to get a mirror shine on ebonite.

 

[didimauw]

I've used wet cigar ash with great results. Cheap.

 

[sablebrush52]

Simichrome for me. Superfine grit. According to the spec papers, doesn’t remove metal and is non toxic. Otherwise, a jeweler’s rouge cloth is hard to beat.

 

[jeremiah]

I use Flitz paste polish. A tube lasts a long, long time and is very useful for a lot of things around the house. For light tarnish I'll use an impregnated polishing cloth. I also have the majority of my can of Nevr-Dull I was issued at MCRD San Diego in 1994. I prefer the Flitz but the Nevr-Dull works in a pinch and the smell brings back lovely memories.

 

[Briar Lee]

What's your favorite silver polishing product?

Will it damage the briar finish if some touches it?

Need I mask the wood before polishing?


Thanks.


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I like Nevr Dull wadding.

Your great grandchildren yet unborn will be using your same can. How they get any repeat sales on this product is truly a mystery.

It polishes all metals, and I use it on briar and stems.

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[didimauw]

I use Flitz paste polish. A tube lasts a long, long time and is very useful for a lot of things around the house. For light tarnish I'll use an impregnated polishing cloth. I also have the majority of my can of Nevr-Dull I was issued at MCRD San Diego in 1994. I prefer the Flitz but the Nevr-Dull works in a pinch and the smell brings back lovely memories.

Flitz is an amazing product. Like magic.

 

[Briar Lee]

Flitz is an amazing product. Like magic.

Flitz and Brasso are also products that the standard size toothpaste tube or little can should last for generations.

There’s some acid or chemical in all those jewelry cleaners that’s just pure magic.

Another good polishing agent is Barkeeper’s Friend.

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[cigrmaster]

I use those white Mr Clean thingy's. It works really well.

 

[sablebrush52]

Flitz and Brasso are also products that the standard size toothpaste tube or little can should last for generations.

There’s some acid or chemical in all those jewelry cleaners that’s just pure magic.

Another good polishing agent is Barkeeper’s Friend.

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I love Barkeepers Friend, but I wouldn't use it on silver. Grit is not fine enough. The idea is to remove tarnish or grime, not metal. That's why I use simichrome.

 

[Briar Lee]

I love Barkeepers Friend, but I wouldn't use it on silver. Grit is not fine enough. The idea is to remove tarnish or grime, not metal. That's why I use simichrome.

I own a Ruger Redhawk made about forty years ago, that my gunsmith claims a guy must have spent maybe forty hours polishing the thing using Semichrome.

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It’s good stuff, and cheap.

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[orlandofurioso]

Flitz or toothpaste . Jeremiah mentioned Bergeon Rodico Green to clean heavily tarnished silver.
I ordered the little stick and will give it a first try soon. Simichrome is supposed to do a fine job, but is hard to come by this end of the world. Any advice on how to would be greatly appreciated. With having to pay outrageous shipping costs that is.
Always mask the wood, better safe than sorry !

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

I use those white Mr Clean thingy's. It works really well.

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[sleepy57]

Simichrome works great!