Have you ever seen tarnished copper? It can be dingy, almost black with possible spots of green corrosion. This is the type of copper I would find at garage sales. Whether it was jewelry, pots or decorative molds. it's it is handled enough or old enough it will get tarnished.
But what can you do? I happened to get an insanely good deal on a huge copper bowl ($2) but when I first tryed to clean it the inter net said to use salt and vinegar. It worked so well I could smell the fresh sent of copper. it also made a few corossions spots and tarnished right away.
So this time I called my aunt and told her my story. She listened and told me her little secret. Her secret shocked me because I was expecting to have to go hunting for some dollar store item that was discontinued years ago. Instead she told me to use ketchup.
Ketchup.
So I grabbed a soft cloth and the bottle of ketchup out of the pantry and got to work. it took about a half of a cup to clean both sides and a little rubbing but it worked. It isn't fresh out of the box new and shiny but it is clean. I'll be cleaning it again to see if i can make it shiny.
Ketchup will make copper jewelry shiny. Just be sure to rinse it well so you arn't smelling ketchup all day like I did. I think ketchup is the best way to clean copper.
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