Silver Cleaning

Silver with deeply "carved" patterns that are enhanced by an oxide finish should be hand polished with a high quality silver cream or polish.Polishing silver is done while wearing only plastic or cotton gloves.

Rubber severely affects silver. Rubber corrodes silver, avoid using storage cabinets or chests with rubber seals, rubber floor coverings, rubber bands, etc.

Other enemies of silver include table salt, olives, salad dressing, eggs, vinegar and fruit juices. Try to serve all these foods in china or glass containers. flowers and fruits look lovely in silver containers but the acid produced as they decay can cause serious damage so use a glass container instead