Home Silver Cleaner--tested

I randomly have some silver to polish. We don't have any silver polish laying around, so I looked up a recipe for homemade and tried it. Here's the recipe:

Aluminum Foil, Baking Soda, and Salt. Place a sheet of aluminum foil in the bottom of a pan, add 2-3 inches of water, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, and bring to a boil. Add silver pieces, boil 2-3 minutes, making sure the water covers the silver pieces. Remove silver, rinse, dry, and buff with a soft cloth. This method cleans the design and crevices of silver pieces.

This is from the Michigan State Extension office: http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/mod02/01500631.html

Here's how it turned out:

Before

DuringAfterNot bad!