I hope y'all know I'm kidding! I have some sterling silver and silverplated items that I received as wedding gifts and from my mother, but I have an aversion to buying silver pieces because I don't like to polish it. Awhile back I even passed up two very nice silver platters(they were probably silver plate) at the Goodwill that were only a few dollars a piece. Of course I'm still kicking myself over that one, but oh well!
Back to polishing...I can't remember the last time I polished my silver but when I brought out the flatware, I noticed a few tarnished spots , so I polished every single piece! Yay!
So why stop there? I did a winter tablescape with silver and crystal a few days ago and had to polish a few of the items.
I had a few more silver pieces I could have put on the table, but I was tired of polishing! So, today I went down to the basement and brought these up:
I was afraid to open the box because they had been down in the basement, unopened since we moved into our house 11 years ago. I envisioned them being all black. Thank goodness they weren't. They had been wrapped well and two anti tarnish silver strips were in each wrapped silver piece.
They still needed some polishing, though. Polishing silver isn't that difficult. You just wipe on some cream...
and buff off the tarnish...ewwwwww
After wiping the piece off, I rinse and then wipe it all off again.
You can barely see the tarnish on the handle, but it needed to come off. To get into the crevices of the handle, I poured some cream on it and used a toothbrush.
I store my flatware in these tarnish resistant flatware rolls.
I keep my larger pieces in silver keeper bags that help prevent tarnish. I think I will add an anti tarnish strip to the bag.
This is one of my favorite little pieces. I just keep it wrapped up in the box it came in, inside a drawer. It didn't have any tarnish on it at all and I haven't polished it - that I can remember-- in 24 years. I did polish it today, though, just in case. I serve Buckeyes in it at Christmas.
This was the silver polish I used- I picked up at Target. It worked pretty well and didn't have an awful odor like some polishes I've used in the past.
I would love to know how you care for your silver and how you store it or if you just skip having silver pieces altogether!
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Pam