Clean or Not - Silver?

[fancypants]

Is that birdies singin' , or did someone say "cheap" ?


 

[talesofthesevenseas]

I read that "back in the day" people used to use the ashes from their hearth mixed with water to clean the silver. Has anyone tried it? I was thinking I might give it a shot on a non-special piece.

[fancypants]

Ashes from ciggies works best , just keep them wet when polishing .

Old guys (cheap ones) used to polish silver in their shops with cigar ashes & spit &/or/with coffee .

An old man in a coin shop in San Diego showed me this 'trick' when I was a kid .

[Dean Perdue]

Is that birdies singin' , or did someone say "cheap" ?


 

Man, you crack me up Regularjoe2 AKA Fancypants.

TOTSS-Sounds like it's worth a try and thanks for keeping old world knowledge alive by mentioning this.
It's like we advance and get new technology then forget about the old.
I realise this when I have to remember a commonly called phone number and without a phone for a brain I draw a blank.Remember when we would know all our Friends numbers by memory.Now that part of my brain is dead.lol

[talesofthesevenseas]

I know what you mean Dean! Have you sat down and tried to write a letter by hand?!!! Even reading cursive writing, especially older writing from earlier generations, is becoming more difficult because we don't do it regularly!

[sapphire]

I think that's where the saying "use it or lose it" comes into play.  Working with one of our younger (21) clerks last week, I watched in
awe as she added two receipts together. The first one was for $27.......she had to count on her fingers to add the second one to it......
it was for $10 !!   

I swear, the more buttons and keys we push, the more brain cells we freeze! 

[KC]

You should repackage this and label it "FancyPants Tarnish Inhibitor".

I am going to try it!

I like your kind of thinking.  We hate to clean silver (the smell) but there is nothing like the shine on it!

[talesofthesevenseas]

LOL and it can sit on the shelf in the hardware store next to the Awesome Possum Grease!!

[waywardangler]

Awesome Possum Snot and FancyPants SilverAsh Wipe...now there's a marketing duo just waiting to happen! 

[talesofthesevenseas]

ROFLM Ash Off!!!

[fancypants]

Fancyashwipe .... I likeeey , waywardangler .

Maybe it could be used for ....ummm .... rain-proofing hip-waders ?