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<p>[QUOTE="Chandler In Las Vegas, post: 535693, member: 10068"]FWIW, I have a similar problem with hard to reach spots on silver. This is a technique I use but recommend with caution. You were half way there with the chopstick. I use a Dremel tool, that I can dial down the rpm, and an appropriately long piece of dowel. You can burnish directly or, in a wet environment, use toothpaste or some other very mild abrasive. I last use this on a pair of silver salt and pepper shakers that seem to have never been cleaned on the inside before. I found some nasty, deep corrosion under a layer of caked organic residue in both. It seemed the pepper was used in both, left and forgotten. I boiled the pieces in an aluminum pot with some baking soda added to the water. I removed the sludge and with a Dremel and a dowel wrapped in 000 steel wool. I finally added some baking soda to the interiors and buffed them up to a great interior shine. Personally, on such a lovely piece of glass, I would take it to a pro to have the hard water residue appropriately removed. Thank you for the pictures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Chandler In Las Vegas, post: 535693, member: 10068"]FWIW, I have a similar problem with hard to reach spots on silver. This is a technique I use but recommend with caution. You were half way there with the chopstick. I use a Dremel tool, that I can dial down the rpm, and an appropriately long piece of dowel. You can burnish directly or, in a wet environment, use toothpaste or some other very mild abrasive. I last use this on a pair of silver salt and pepper shakers that seem to have never been cleaned on the inside before. I found some nasty, deep corrosion under a layer of caked organic residue in both. It seemed the pepper was used in both, left and forgotten. I boiled the pieces in an aluminum pot with some baking soda added to the water. I removed the sludge and with a Dremel and a dowel wrapped in 000 steel wool. I finally added some baking soda to the interiors and buffed them up to a great interior shine. Personally, on such a lovely piece of glass, I would take it to a pro to have the hard water residue appropriately removed. Thank you for the pictures.[/QUOTE]
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