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Discussion Thread 🐇Sunday 5th April (aussie.zone)

submitted 7 months ago by PeelerSheila@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone [S] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Ugh my mother used to make me do it. Cleaning the silver was one of my many childhood jobs. To this day I avoid anything silver. You did well to sit there and do it all.

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[–] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago

It’s weird, but I actually quite like it?

It’s a bit magical seeing the gleam come through the black

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[–] mertn22@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I had to do that job when I volunteered at Salvos. It was awful.

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[–] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

For donated items, I think I'd use the tinfoil & baking soda method. Then a quick rub with a microfibre cloth. Takes a lot of the elbow grease out of it.

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