A week ago yesterday, July 4th, I decided to make a few extra points by polishing Sue's silverware.
We generally always wait until the night before Thanksgiving or Christmas -- but thought it would be nice to do the unexpected. So I wanted to find an easy way do this task that is always a painful chore.
So I went to a local independent hardware store called Fresno Ag. They had at least 40 products for cleaning silver. So I then asked the elderly lady who ran this department, what is the easiest and best way to clean silverware?
She replied, "Young man, this is all you need, and I have used it for years because it works so well".
It is "Haggerty Silver Foam". It is a creamy taupe colored paste that you just apply with a fine foam sponge.
So I bought it and did all of Sue's silver in less than 20 minutes. You just wet the sponge, apply a little of the paste to the silver, wipe gently, then just rinse off with warm water, set aside to dry. In a few minutes, buff it completely dry with a soft flannel cloth -- done and beautiful.
So I got to thinking, I wonder if it would work on old fishing reels?
Found an old Hurd Super Caster with walnut checkered grips from about 1947 -- never been cracked apart, cleaned, or serviced -- pretty well tarnished and grey dulled badly after nearly 70 years. I think it is made of aluminum -- so I thought I would try the Haggerty paste.
This is the result after only 5 minutes of work -- the side plates are the original still, after mineral spirits and simple green ultrasonic bath -- but before cleaning with the paste and warm water. The frame on the old Hurd is the end result before any further work, for a comparison.
I haven't used my points yet -- but they tend to have a short shelf life -- they may already be expired -- we'll see...
Best,
Fred
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yeah, when i want to kiss up to the wife, i wash her car. good husband points last about a week at most. glad you didn't try to clean the reel in the dishwasher! ;D
Points are a waste of time You can be in credit by thousands but you are straight in debt first time you slip up.
Im sticking with the intrest only payments
;) ;) :D ;D
Nice, but one oh #### outweighs any number of attaboys!
Quote from: alantani on July 12, 2014, 09:40:44 PM
yeah, when i want to kiss up to the wife, i wash her car. good husband points last about a week at most. glad you didn't try to clean the reel in the dishwasher! ;D
Yeah, I read about that somewhere.... ;)
Funny you should bring that up, ALAN. :D
Quote from: MarkT on July 13, 2014, 03:17:47 AM
Nice, but one oh #### outweighs any number of attaboys!
Yup, you can't bank atta boys but an oh #### is forever.