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Common Sense Rules For Polishing With
out injury Ia tho Articles.
KEEPING SILVER BRIGHT.


Common Sense Rules For Polishing with
out Injury Ia tho Articles.
Silver tables are mos. attractive 10
the eye, but the contents very often
are more Of delight TO the owner
than to the cleaner thereof.
Much OF the silverware which is
purely ornamental, such as windmills
and wheelbarrows, etc. is not ealcula.
ted to stand any rough handling, and
is often damaged by suffering a fall, or
thrown out Of order by carelessness,
or even too Jealous cleaning.
The best way To clean such objects
a. are usually found on q silver table
is to wash them in basin with Jew
eier's soap and warm water. using a
oailbrush with some hair on it, not
stiff and unyielding tibers. to remove
any solid dirt which may have accu.
mulated anywhere. Another good
plan is to use warm water, 20 which
ammonia has been added, till the
waters smell fairly strongly of this
useful alkali. There is nothing quite
so good as ammonia on wet sponge
for removing the dark tarnish which
is so soon deposited by the sulphur in
the air OF our large towns on silver, or
On almost any metal surfaces. Cloudy
ammonia ia one of the handiest and
most satisfactory forms of this cleans.
ing medium.
Lemon juice, again, IL very eff.
cient cleanser of iiiagree work, but
the objects SO cleansed with this, or
with ammonia for that matter, must
be rinsed with clean water aud prop
erly dried.
Plate powders, even when not mer.
curial, are best left alone where silver
bric-a-brac is concerned.
Nothing looks more unsightly than
corners with remains of plate powder
acoumulating. aud forming excellent
traps for dust OF all kinds.
Moreover, the amount of brushing
and rubbing incidental to tho use of
plate powder is bound to have it's
effect on the metal in time.
After rinsing in water. silver arti.
cles are best dried in warm lockwood
dust kept in drawer or box with
tightly-itting lid.
All super1uous water may be re.
moved by swinging the object briskly
through the air
Hby chance silver articles are broken
they must be soldered by an expert,
not by any travelling tinker or other
workmen experienced in tho methods
OF soft soldering metal.
Any soft solder containing lead ire.
trievabl y ruins the silver, and, by turn
ing black, causes very unsightly
marks.
Dents or bulges on the sides OF cups,
or on fiat surfaces, can often be re-
moved 10y continuous rubbing or
pressure from the other side: but il
the dent has been caused by q sharp
instrument or by something pointed
falling on, or knocking the silver.
careful hammcring by "A chaser is
necessary, followed by furnishing
Silverwarc, when inclosed in a glass.
covered case, naturally requires less
attention, and even the amount neces.
sary may be diminished by the sim
pie expedient OF keeping asmall piece
OF camphor in the case.
II the case is air.tight 30 much tho
better.
For silver lace powdered magnesia
is tho best cleanser.
Where the lace is much tarnished,
the magnesia may be put on in tho
form of paste aud brushed OF when
quite dry, in the ordinary way mag
nesia may be used.