Letter 26537

Replating silver at home [New York]

++++ Do you know of any practical method of replating silver at home with simple products and tools. Thank you!! Happy new year. Reed Powers silver collector - Westfield, NY, USA ++++ Paste silvering can help you, for thick layer only brush plating (if you want to use your objects). Good luck! Goran Budija - Zagreb, Croatia ++++ Try Nu silver polish. Simon Dupay - Roseville, MN, USA ++++ Try "Silver Secret". It works much better than "Nu Silver" if you are restoring worn silver plate. I used it on a silver plated tea service that was worn down to the brass in large areas in several spots and on silver goblets that had the same problem, it worked great! Silver Secret is expensive about $30.00 for a 150 ml bottle, but it's worth it because it really works and you know the cost of your silverplate. It won't work on areas of corrosion, but so far I haven't tried to sand out bad areas and then applying the product. "Nu Silver" is still a very good product for maintaining your silver plate, it is less expensive than "Silver Secret" and will polish and maintain your silver plate without damaging it and at the same time it will add a small amount of silver to the surface. I use "Silver Secret" for restoring the items and then use the "Nu Silver" to polish and maintain the silver plate. "Silver Secret" also has a polish called "Enhancing Polish" to care for the silver after restoral, but I actually prefer "Nu Silver" for that. Sophia Davie - Virginia Beach, VA

I would like to find a formula for a type of wipe on silver solution, for a cheaper alternative to commercial refinishing. My wife is slowly sending me broke with her boxes of dust collectors at regular plating shops. She got a bottle of this stuff , long ago, it worked good enough for her. Any help would be appreciated.

Michael Hansley
hobbyist - Newcastle, N.S.W, Australia

I am unable to find Silver Secret or its web site. Could some one send a phone number or address on how to contact the makers or distributors of silver secret. Thank-you

Robin Zarate
- winter park,fl,usa

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I have a sideline whereby I buy old, dirty, tarnished silver plated items, clean then up and then sell them again, unless I particularly like the finished product in which case I add them to my collection!

Lately, I have a few items that turned out after I cleaned them to have small patches where the plating has worn off, from being cleaned to often, or too vigorously, or others where small pitmarks have damaged the plated surface. Complete replating costs more than the objects are worth. Is there a simple way I can repair the plating on these items?

Philip Whitfield
Antiques - Johannesburg South Africa

I have found a great product to resilver your worn silver It is called Medallion Liquid Silver. I saw it on a TV commercial and tried it on a tea set It was great.

Sue Rosendall
- Lake Placid, FL

Ed. note: it was proving impossible to keep links current when scattered across 45,000 threads on this site. So we now have an FAQ with current sourcing for the silvering solutions mentioned on this page and many others. We think you'll find it convenient and informative.

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