Sunday, 19 September 2010

Polishing Silver

L was helping my mom clean out the cutlery drawer when they came upon her old spoon collection.  What a great opportunity to practice polishing some silver!
We used two types of polish.  Sensodyne toothpaste in one bowl and a baking soda and water paste in the other.
Here L is working hard scrubbing with the baking soda solution.
Rinse and dry with the tea towel.
I liked the toothpaste best and L liked the baking soda.  I think they were both equally effective.
A rare bloggy sighting of the spotted owl...I mean mommy!
Ahh polishing silver is so rewarding.  I love to see the spoons go from black and tarnished to shiny and sparkly!
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5 comments:

  1. The girl who painted trees20 September 2010 at 04:54

    I think I have a silver cake tray from my wedding. I'll have to try this with Bear this week. I've been meaning to do some type of polishing work.

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  2. Joyfulmama20 September 2010 at 07:16

    Thanks for this idea. Many Montessori books mention silver polishing as a good practical life exercise, but for some reason I have never thought of trying it before. My mom also cleared out her cutlery drawers a while ago and gave my daughter a bag full of tarnished silver spoons. I've been meaning to polish it for use in her play kitchen, but seeing how much fun you've had, I will let her do it instead.

    On a different note, I was a day late in discovering that September 18 was National Play Dough Day there in the States, so I'm playing catch-up on my blog and have declared this coming Thursday Joyful Mama's Play Dough Day. Would love for you to join in. You can find more information here http://joyfulmamasplace.blogspot.com/2010/09/oh-to-play-with-dough.html

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  3. Olives and Pickles20 September 2010 at 08:42

    Thanks for sharing..I love this activity,we polished some coins last time with C. I like the difference after finishing..so shiny!

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  4. Unknown20 September 2010 at 10:14

    Great activity! I am going to have to put this work on the shelf. Thanks for the idea, and Thank you for sharing.

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  5. carine24 September 2010 at 15:27

    Hi!
    How do you do your polishing solution with water and baking soda? Could you keep the solution in a jar and use it later? I would like to try it in our school. I don't want to buy a chemical polishing as some children still put stuff in their mouth!
    Thanks!

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