If you don't have any silverware polish, try toothpaste or a paste made of water and cigarette ashes.

When keeping flowers in a silver vase, change the water frequently to prevent discoloration.

Polish and clean silver plate more gently than you might solid silver.

2torial #0443: Learn2 Clean Silverware (Continued) Clean up Wash the silver by hand in mild dishwashing liquid. Dry it thoroughly. When corrosion has been caused by salt, as happens with shaker tops, soak the silver in a mixture of salt and hot vinegar for four or five minutes. Then wash and dry the silver as above. Step 3