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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 145969, member: 111&quot;]The OP said he is inexperienced with silver, and water deposits, like salt corrosion, usually eat into the silver, there are ways to remove it, and to restore the silver, takes some patience and at least a little bit of finesse, didn&#039;t want him to charge in and cause more damage.&nbsp; The problem with trying to get it off with silver polish is that it&#039;s unlikely to take off the deposit or corrosion without a lot of pressure and/or abrasive, if taking it off at all, then you have an over polished area around the damage, which is probably etched underneath - polishing over remnants of &#039;protective&#039; lacquering will have the same effect, wearing away the silver around the bits of lacquer.&nbsp; Have done a lot of corroded silver salts and salt spoons, and am not bad at it, but the last vase I had with a similar water deposit had to machine buffed (something that can also go badly in the wrong hands) - last time I told someone how to remove corrosion, they lost patience, said it didn&#039;t work, and used steel wool instead, so I just don&#039;t bother anymore.&nbsp; The link below is to Jeff Herman&#039;s site, he&#039;s a very skilled silversmith and restorer - there is advice on care, and a contact page too...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hermansilver.com/care.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hermansilver.com/care.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.hermansilver.com/care.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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