QuickshineSilver Clean And Shine Bath

This is a very interesting product with a lot of plus’s and few minus’s.First, trying to understand how it works (beyond the directions) is interesting. The manufacturer makes it pretty simple to follow. Why one piece of silver must touch the bag is curious. And then extra pieces you put into the sink or tub must touch some other piece of silver that is connected to the first piece touching the bag.What’s inside the bag? What is the chemical reaction that is occurring?Boiling water is a must.Now, this product is very helpful in lieu of breaking out a jar of silver polish that will save you a lot of time and mess.. If you have real silver, it works. Silver plated, or something less than pure silver will get a result, but maybe what you are not looking for based on the picture on the box.I had one piece that after a couple of dips turned out perfectly.In some cases I used 2 pads in one treatment but that’s when I learned that it polishes- it not the product to correct 10/20 years of neglect (not polishing the silver pieces regularly).If you have nice real silver that you don’t want to go through the paste and polishing process, this product works extremely well.If you have a high amount of tarnish, I would suggest TARN -X first, then use this product so it can work to its potential.I have ordered a lot of box’s of this product. I think there is 4/5 pods/packets per box.Pro Tips1. The packets float so you can’t exchange pieces of silver( the main piece touching the pod/packet). Otherwise you will need to tongs to reposition the packet underneath another/new piece.2. You will instantly know if you are dealing with real silver vs something else. If it takes more than a minute or so to have a great look, you do not have real silver.3. Use tarn-x first if what you think is silver but is badly tarnished. This product polishes, it’s really not rigged to remove abuse or time.4. Be sure to have a nice quality plastic tub that can fit inside your whole sink. You will need a tub that can withstand boiling water for several uses. Also, be sure to have enough pots to boil enough water to cover all the pieces. I used 3 pots for a typical treatment.5. In my case, especially with the pieces I have neglected, you might want to have silver polish on hand for your favorite silver to complete the job.The ornate piece in the photo is real silver. It was brown and highly tarnished but after a minute of dipping, it turned out beautifully. Imagine trying to polish that thing with paste. The remaining photos have all been treated so the point is to show how it differs between neglect, part silver or real silver.Product ideas/requests.1. It doesn’t want to float.2. Wider/longer pads.3. Powder form instead of pad form.4. Something that can work for an hour instead of 5-15 minutes.Bottom line, for price/value- this product works.

This works really well. The secret to leave in for at 40 mins for the stubborn pieces. Then use silver wipes and it all comes off. See before after below.

Total waste of money, the product barely worked. I tried this on a very tarnished bowl. It worked a little, but not much. I tried it a second then third time and, again, it worked a little but not much. I was going to give up on it then found some Wright's under the sink I'd forgotten about. Wright's worked immediately and brought about a gorgeous, clear, silvery glow. Use Wright's and just be done with it.

Didn't work as well as I wanted it to.

This product did a very good job on 3 pieces that haven't been polished in 30+ years. 10 minutes in the solution then wiping with a clean cloth got me most of the way there -- a second round with a good polish finished the job. Needing a second round is the reason for 4 stars instead of 5, but note that if I used polish alone it would have taken hours and bottles to do my 3 platters front and back (10", 12" and 15"). A big time saver on heavily tarnished platters! I only wish I had taken before and after photos.

I used this to restore my very fine, delicate, silver jewelry, that is, with surfaces, beads and parts that are too tiny to be polished successfully with creams, treated cloths, etc. The product does work, but not as well as I had hoped on heavily tarnished items, two or more treatments is required to make those wearable again.I followed the directions, any from my experiences, I have the following tips to offer: 1. Put a fine strainer over the sink drain, just in case; 2. The sachet floats up when the boiling water is poured, so have a couple heavy sterling spoons handy to push it back down, and move any displaced items back in contact with it; 3. Have two plastic dishpans ready - one with hot soapy water for washing items after treatment, one with plain hot rinse water; 4. Have a fine strainer ready for final draining and a clean, dry towel to place rinsed items on; and 5. I left the jewelry in the solution for 10 minutes, not 5 as in the directions, and got better results; it is a chemical reaction and one can see the bubbling action and the tarnish forming a gray scum on top of the solution. After about 10 minutes, most of the action is done, so I removed the items so that the tarnish would not redeposit.Because it is a chemical reaction, it's really important not to introduce any other metals to the solution, even stainless steel. It is safe for glass beads and relatively inert or siliceous gems or mineral beads like all forms of quartz, garnet, etc. As a geologist, though, I wouldn't recommend risking it with soft minerals, or less inert ones, like pearl, coral, opal or turquoise, malachite. Or you could remove one bead from the back and test it in your next batch, if you don't know what it's made out of. I hope these tips help! I think this type of product ("silver dip") is really the only way to make heavily tarnished silver items presentable again, and this is the best I've tried, probably partly because of the heat added by the boiling water. I recommend it and am looking forward to trying in on my sterling utensils.

I used one sachet for all of my silver flatware. If a spot or two remained it came right off with a rub of a soft dry cloth.Then I used a second sachet for my jewelry. I stirred it around while it was fizzing to be sure the little parts all came in contact with the foil or other silver. Again I had to rub a final but off on a few - solder seams in particular- but everything came out clean and bright, like new!!! SO happy.

Many pots of boiling water, and the entire box of pads , my silver is unsatisfactorily clean.