foil and silver coins.?

[Thorne]

So I here if you take foil and water and baking soda add in a silver coin it takes away the tarnish. Any tips.for this??

 

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[drcaulfield]

Yep works. Cleaned my silver that way tarnish just falls off

 

[Thorne]

Do you have to use boiling water

 

[Iamrussell]

As in aluminum foil? And what specifically do you do with it? Just add a small piece of it to the water and baking soda?

 

[usernameerror]

Take a bowl and put foil in it. Shiny side up. Add your silver. Put boiling water in bowl and add baking soda. Removes any tarnish. Works great.

 

[fistfulladirt]

It really works! Very abrasive.

May as well dip it. Takes 5 seconds.

 

[FormerTeller]

It really works! Very abrasive.

May as well dip it. Takes 5 seconds.

Note the underlined part above. I wouldn't use this on ANY coin that has numismatic value.

 

[Iamrussell]

Ok never numismatic coins but just junk silver to shine it up-
Would using a pair of tweezers to dip it in for a few seconds work best then?

 

[silas1128]

It has to come in contact with the aluminum foil. Its an electrolysis reaction that happens when the silver come in contact with the tin foil.

 

[Wilmingtonsilver]

get a pyrex dish, line it with aluminum foil. Set your coin on the foil, and add boiling water, then add baking soda. Let sit for up to 5 minutes depending on the level of tarnish. remove with a plastic set of tongs or your hand (preferably in a rubber glove).

 

[Iamrussell]

Perfect explanation guys thanks

 

[gsxraddict]

don't do this to your nice coins...the tarnish actually is a good thing in collectors eyes, they don't want shiny cleaned coins. They want authentic aged coins with tarnish.