Marshall wrote:
I just discovered something that will remove silver stains within a
minute or two. I have a countertop which is rather badly stained with
silver from over the years. Although hydrogen peroxide can be used to
remove new silver stains, my experience is that once it has sat a
while, it tarnishes becoming silver sulfide. Silver is happiest with
sulfur, so I had been unable to find anything to react with it a and
produce a soluble silver compound. Unfortunately silver sulfide is
100% insoluble, so once you have the stain, it seemed to be there
forever. I have applied hydrogen peroxide to these stains in the past
for hours at a time.
Just curious what kind of counter top you have? I have ancient formica
and have gotten a lot of silver stains on it over the years, but they
invariably come out with hydrogen peroxide and baking soda (applied
together) and a little scrubbing. Rarely, on old stains, I've had to let
the mixture sit on the stain an hour or more, and once or twice have had
to repeat the treatment, but I've never had it not work.
sol
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