Similar idea to the pretreated dusting cloths, these polishing cloths are for cleaning and removing tarnish from silver. Nice to have a stash of these on hand if you have a silver collection to maintain.

How To Make Homemade Silver Polishing Cloths

Items Needed

10″ to 12″ square soft cloths*
2 cups water (cool)
1/2 cup ammonia
1/4 cup liquid silver polish

Directions

  • Mix the liquid ingredients in a glass bowl or dish.
  • Take a clean cloth square and dip it in the solution, let it soak for a few seconds then lift out and squeeze to remove excess liquid (so the cloth won’t drip when hanging to dry). Dip cloths one at a time.
  • Hang cloths to dry. If hanging inside, make sure to choose an area out of reach of kids and pets and well ventilated.
  • Once they’re dry you can fold them and seal in a plastic container or ziploc bag.
  • Use cloths to clean and buff your silver pieces as needed.

You can use the cloths until they’re really grungy and no longer removing tarnish, they could be shredded at this point. If the cloth is still good for another round or two, launder them well in hot water and detergent, re-dip the cloths in a fresh batch of silver cleaner recipe and use again. Since the cloths are first soaked in ammonia, I would skip using bleach in the laundry cycle.

Homemade Polishing Gloves: If you like cleaning silver with polishing gloves, you can do that with this recipe too. Buy heavy cotton gloves (no metal clasps at wrists, just elastic), soak in the solution, hang to dry and use as you would the cloths above.

*Polishing Cloth Fabric Ideas: Choose plain flannelette, diaper cloth, good quality terry cloth (but not too thick) or heavy cotton cloth napkins. For best results, make sure to finish or hem the edges before using.

There’s also this Homemade Metal Polish Recipe, Sour Milk Silver Soak Tip and a Homemade Jewelry Cleaner Recipe if you like making your own cleaners.

You’ll find a similar homemade silver cleaning solution and more tips on HGTV - Cleaning Silver.

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