tips please!

[unrulyjulie]

Not sure where to post this but any ideas would be welcome.
I have a load of really mangey coppers and i was wondering what would be the best stuff to get them looking spendable again! (apart from the cillit bang penny test) ;-)

[raysparx1]

Hiya julie, bit of red sauce should do the trick, speak to you tomorrow. be good ,off out into the sunshine with me bottle of plonk. xx

[tiggerblue10]

Good question Jules (although I don't know the answer)! Lol

I would like to know what I can soak my silver rings/ear-rings in to get brown tint off. Anyone any suggestions?

[Drisgirl]

Hey Jules -do you really nedd them cos I save mine in a cup and when the Sally Army envelope comes round I just pile them in -in fact I collect locally for the Sally Army and I have had tupperwares full of the coppers donated by loads of people.
Just a thought.Catch ya later -on the dark side- hun -havent had a lot of time lately xxxxxxxxxxx

Ray !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -helllooooooooooooooo xxxxx

[unrulyjulie]

Thanks guys, i thought i had heard about the cola thing somewhere and the ketchup!

Ray, i hope its like this when i come cause i wanna drink your plonk in your garden with lots of sunshine! lol Baaaaa

Dris, they really need cleaning up before i give them to anyone, they are actually my little boys, the window cleaner gave them to him, he has a penny jar so i want to put them in there for him.

tigger, i remember buying some cleaner for jewellery which was great.

[~max~]

I know that works for limescale so may work for you too!....
Plunge the cutlery for a few minutes in a pan of boiling vinegar, make sure you open the windows though!

[~max~]

No idea why I got it into my mind that it was cutlery......lol!

[unrulyjulie]

lol max, pennies!!! Not another dumb gene moment ;-)

[Bathsheba]

Hi jules. I always take mine to those machines in the foyer of Sainsburys or Asda- they take a percentage, (think it's 7%), but it's worth it if you've got plenty, and you don't need to clean them up! x

[~max~]

I guess copper made me think of pots and pans, hence cutlery? Mmmh....pmsl!


Even highly intelligent people like me have their weak moments, ya know! lol

[Bathsheba]

Goddard's Silver Dip is great for silver rings etc x

[tiggerblue10]

Thanks Bathsheba. x

[bigmamma]

Hi jules , I remember when I was a child , we used to get coppers shiny using brown sauce , xxxxx

[theonlyone]

Soak them in salt and vinegar ...it does
work ..rinse them in a colander with
cold water ..they will look like new ...

[unrulyjulie]

Thanks for all the ideas, ive tried the salt and vinegar and it seems to be working so thanks theonlyone! going to leave it overnight.

Thanks for all your answers! :-)