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Antique Questions Forum / Re: To clean or not to clean..... An important question:

« on: September 28, 2015, 08:11:29 pm »

Thank you all for these great suggestions...  I will lightly clean and leave the patina in the cracks and crevices..  If I cant find Twinkle, I will use Wright's..  I will be back with more questions in the near future, as I work to identify all the different pieces I have..

Thanks again for your time..   

Lori

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: To clean or not to clean..... An important question:

« on: September 28, 2015, 03:47:56 pm »

My intention is to sell them..  I have read that Twinkle is a good polish to use.  I will only lightly clean them up, with the buyer to be responsible to make them shine.  Most of what I have is older silver-plate and what is sterling, I will hold on to for now...  Thank you all for your input..

Thanks again,

Lori

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Antique Questions Forum / To clean or not to clean..... An important question:

« on: September 27, 2015, 04:26:53 pm »

I have close to 100 individual pieces of silver and silver-plate flatware, from different patterns.  I have read a number of pros and cons about cleaning and polishing it, especially if you decide to sell it.  My gut tells me to gently clean with a polishing cloth and that's it.  These pieces are anywhere from 50 years to 100+ years old and I honestly feel that "polishing" them will really take away from their character..

All opinions and comments are welcome...

Thank you,

Lori