Hello, I pour boiling water over pieces of aluminum foil and 5% (regular household) vinegar, to remove the tarnish from silver tableware. If I do this in a stainless steel sink, will it damage the sink, or, will it create a harmful chemical gas or acid or reaction? Normally I do this in a glass or ceramic bowl, however I need a larger container, therefore the sink. If not the stainless steel sink, can I pour the vinegar/foil/boiling water over silver objects in a plastic pail? Will it dissolve or harm the plastic? Or cause a harmful gas? And repeat, the same question--what if I also add baking soda to the vinegar/foil/boiling water mixture? Does this make it harmful, either to the steel sink or plastic pail, or creat harmful gases? Thank you!
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Expert's answer
2019-12-11T08:18:43-0500
Yes, you got it right. But be careful, ordinary glass can crack about adding hot solution.
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Donna
10.12.19, 15:58
Thank you for your reply. My second question(s) were just to confirm
what you wrote, to make sure that I understood correctly. They are not
new questions. Best regards
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10.12.19, 14:48
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Donna
09.12.19, 19:18
ok thank you. So not in stainless steel, but possibly yes, in a
plastic pail, however a glass container would be better, if I
understood correctly? And if I understood, you are saying not to add
the soda, is this correct? But vinegar, aluminum foil, and boiling
water are ok, if poured over silver, in a glass container, is this
correct?
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Thank you for your reply. My second question(s) were just to confirm what you wrote, to make sure that I understood correctly. They are not new questions. Best regards
Dear Donna, Questions in this section are answered for free. We can't fulfill them all and there is no guarantee of answering certain question but we are doing our best. And if answer is published it means it was attentively checked by experts. You can try it yourself by publishing your question. Although if you have serious assignment that requires large amount of work and hence cannot be done for free you can submit it as assignment and our experts will surely assist you.
ok thank you. So not in stainless steel, but possibly yes, in a plastic pail, however a glass container would be better, if I understood correctly? And if I understood, you are saying not to add the soda, is this correct? But vinegar, aluminum foil, and boiling water are ok, if poured over silver, in a glass container, is this correct?
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