AN EASY METHOD

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1937, Page 18

AN EASY METHOD

CLiANiNG:vSTL^ERr

'.. The task^of., cleaning.silyer,plate.: with' plate; powder itiakes :iupJa^ good ;'deal;j of time.,that"mlght;.well:^e^a^|d,^s"ta;tes ; the, Johanriesburg '. ■ VSiihda^^inies;..";; jf the ; articles, are 'chased:-:or:;i'iantfossed,-cleaning' is .a; slow, process;; because -the powder,: sticks';in;, the ;.creyices: and:.is

hard^to dislodge,

..'An'; easy::'way-, of.; cleaning;? silver- is the": aluminium-: and ■'soda ►method. ''--All. you need:;for';;this -.isv'-a,:large", enamel•• bowl, 'some' sheet aluminium," and;some ordinary ■.yashihg;:sbda:.""iSpeciai:;sheets of ■ aluminium kcanT be./. bpught;fioritthia purpose; butithey.j cpst'imoje^thanithey.: are v worth;/i or any :'; pie:ce.^of gthe metal wiirdo: as •;weitCThejaiuminiiuri is;:placed-in^the; bottom-of •^■the;;bowl, . and ■ hots^watera^d-i: 's6davadded^iising' about;;' foyr^tabliesppoiisfuitof : half:.a -gallon :-pi iwater'IgK0iK£-:£>:■: )& ■■-'.-: :%^e^silyer^to.ypeXclean^i|^;|j:;theix placed vipCtheJbbwl,'^^thWit'3;6uch;es' itheialuminitini'-iand. is -"completely:; immersed iiri'-'the ■■ so da ;\sblyti6n^and^the' bowl as .placeiJ: ; on j top;;of f Ahe*stoye;ito boiling/^ Criemical^ction iis'/'set^p^^Mchyquicklj^eiMyesJ/iall '.^aceibfjftarnisli^^^ '|6^'■Keep■'?ttieV^silye^3n~l.4oft^ct^jLtK?;ttiß" . ahiniihium: .if. •AUi;tjiat^is^tHe^necessaiy '.is,::ito. I riiise>;theft-siiveriin jw|rmi|soapy : water^;a^^dry^ii^g^!K^SK:|Q-.^)?^/-,S;:Greasy":rsilyeri':^onflbp^s^!?d^ill^!an'd: ltherefbre^'great«^areVVover|the?;<iaily Washirig : ;.-pf ntlis?hecessary-.KrA>littli' 'rock-:'am)np'niaV.'sKould^b'^dissplyedj'in." ■yefy: hot";water'.an'drs.brne)Vspft"soap. :added .to':makeyallathe^vg:CK:^^;^:i::; •i-:jf.ithe>'silver f ;is/then^yra'^e.d;' r rinsed,-: bright van'd'.clean.'';'.A1.; gopd.#pplisliing: paste-xan 11 easily be; made/at••■horhiK\3bwp. d^cfesof"'g6od*yellow:^soap;b>:;sh'r]ediied. ■,upr':and! 'added !;ia*; -I pint*-i)f'.«boiling. :Water/::together.;'.with";a,vquarter;tpf ;'a pound :ot:■ .whitening:•':: v^qltition 'as bpileH^downStb it ormia|stiff irjpaste^and' finally..' one "gill'j.of;.■aihmonia;: is,-stirred

into it. • ' If the silver is stained, it should be washed in hot water and soda to get rid of grease, and then rubbed well with the paste. Finally it should be rinsed in warm water and dried.

One of the best ways of saving time and trouble over the * care of silver is to rub it up after washing with a special polishing cloth.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Benton 'and their, daughter will leave by, the Arawa on March 27 for 'England, where they intend to resided Mrs. Benton~has been the guest of'honour at several farewell parties, her hostesses on these occasions being Mesdames S. D. Rogers (Upper Hutt^Pat. Lawlor, E. J. Burt, and Miss Jeanette Bnggs. ' i *"i » Mrs. A. R Rudkin, at one time a well-known resident of Otaki, and.wife of Mr. A. Rudkin, for many years a teacher at the Otaki State School, died at Auckland on Saturday, writes-"The Post's" Otaki correspondent. The deceased had been in delicate health for some time. A husband and two young children'survive her. Mesdames R. Hughes and Percy Taylor'(Otaki) and 1 Mrs.' Hugh ' Cockrell (Levin)- are sisters and Mr. Alf Judd a brother of the late Mrs. Rudkin.