Does anyone know if Tarn-X really works?

I am using conventional silver polish on a 40+ year old serving tray and S&P set, and it's slow going and laborious.

Does Tarn-X really work? Wipe on, wipe off?

no idea about any specialized products though....:hi:

I'm curious about the Tarn-X, myself.

My advice though--follow up the tarnish removal with a good polishing. It seems the Tarn-x only removes the old tarnish, but does not protect against new tarnish. Polish seems to keep the new tarnish at bay longer. I found that when I polished my metals after removing the tarnish they stayed shiny much longer. The thing is that you don't have to polish them as hard or as long after using the Tarn-x, you just have to do an easy quick job as a protective measure.

It's not quite the miracle worker the commercials indicate it is, and it smells horrible.

How do you deal with the smell? It about knocked me back. My regular silver polish smells quite pleasant. I did the salt shaker with the Tarn-X and had to go over it with the silver polish anyway.

Maybe I should just pass the job along to my daughter or my husband. :D

:puke:

But it has worked for me, although I've never used it on anything with years worth of tarnish. I've only had months worth on my jewelry to deal with and it worked fine on that. Like I said though, using silver polish afterward seemed to work as protection from rapid tarnish buildup. If I used just the Tarn-x the tarnish seemed to come back very quickly--especially on the copper.

As to working like the commercials say, I don't think anything works that well.

I always found it worked better than anything else I ever tried.

was really popular) and used it all the time.

You're gong about it the wrong way. Silver polish is NOT a good way to remove tarnish. First, you remove the tarnish chemically (with tarn-x or that other stuff you mix with water), then polish it to make it shine. That's what polish is for.

Some notes:

1) After using the Tarn-X, rinse VERY well with lukewarm water. Running water; don't just dunk it.

2) After drying with a soft cloth (a well-washed dish towel works well), warm your oven up to just above room temp (say, 100 degrees), and shut the oven off. Put the item(s) in the oven for about ten minutes to make sure all the water is dried off.

3) THEN polish.

And, people, never, never, never use toothpaste on jewelry, especially soft metals like silver or high-karat (18+) gold!!!! Toothpaste is abrasive! You might as well sandpaper the stuff if you're going to use toothpaste. It'll scratch soft stones such as opal and jade as well.

Redstone

PS: Yes, it does smell bad. Use it at a sink next to a window.

Speaking of which...I need to add "polish silver" to my list of things to do today.