Hello Carolina and everyone We can get the foil at the grocery store. It is sold for use in baking and barbeque cooking. Would you find it as "papel de aluminio" ?
On 9/24/11, Carolina de la Guardia <carolina...@aol.com> wrote: > I wander where can be found the aluminium foils... > > El 24/09/2011 1:50, Anna Binnie escribió: >> Thai is a simple REDOX reaction and I'm even lazier. I place the silver >> in a huge aluminium pot, add loads of bicarb, add a few strips of >> aluminium foil, cover with water and let simmer for a while. >> >> Anna in a cloudy Sydney >> >> On 24/09/11 4:31 AM, Jean Nathan wrote: >>> Gave up on silver polishing long ago. We now put a sheet of aluminium >>> foil in a bowl or the sink, add a couple of tablespoons bicarbonate of >>> soda (baking soda) and the same amount of salt (depends on how much >>> silver you want to clean) and pour on boiling water. Put the silver >>> items in making sure they touch the aluminium foil. The tarnish is >>> silver sulphide, and a chemical reaction takes place which removes the >>> sulphide. Cleans the crevices too. Remove the items and give them a >>> quick buff with a soft cloth. Much less effort than polish and probably >>> removes less silver than polish. >>> >>> Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
