Method for quickly tarnishing silver

An attempt is made to tarnish a silver plate with hard boiled eggs, mustard, and mayonnaise.

[@Biancapanzram]

My favorite part of this video was the sound effects provided by the mustard. Good stuff.

[@hardhikkurumaddali849]

Lol bro 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@beautifulbabe1357]

Awesome video. I really enjoyed learning about this! Thank you

[@bibbleboo6321]

2:48 Plate be like “Ooooooooooooh noooooooooo!!”

[@2nnhys991]

you are on the right track its the the sulfur from fumes denaturated eegwhite that causing tarnishing. putting the silver in an plastic bag with Hot fresh boiled divided eegs and as litle air as possible Will give the best result.

[@TommyTechnetium]

Thank you!

[@nadia4985]

Hi, would you happen to suggest a dry method? I'm interested in tarnishing silverpoint drawing. Thank you.

[@divaslive6953]

I guess, if i'd do this thing, i'll end up mixing all that thing & eating a boiled egg with mayo & mustard. Hahahahahaha its looks yummy for me.

[@Scirvir24]

that's the spirit

[@Oakleaf700]

As a child, I had a vintage book that had a line drawing of someone sniffing an egg and holding their nose...I sniffed an egg white and the sulphur smell made me gag. Even today I can't eat egg white, but love the yolk, and can eat it scrambled though...It is also the sulphurous whiff of egg samwidges on the stuffy coach on a school trip to Hampton Court that put me off too 🥚🍳 Povidone Iodine surgical scrub tarnishes silver...I washed my hands in it while wearing a silver ring, and it went dark grey. {polished off though} :)

[@bibbleboo6321]

Cool video! I thought you might be a science teacher and then you said “It’s repeatable””. Such a sciency thing to say! Also, I LOVE your lab table. I put soapstone counters in to my house to try and mimic that look. Thanks for the cool video!

[@Sylphadora]

Watching you put mustard, mayo and egg on the silver plate gave me anxiety

[@arc1105]

Thanks, I was wondering. Just had eggs fried in mayo and my spoon has tarnished in the time it took to eat. Must be the egg. Thanks for the cleaning tip as well.

[@HDDynalowrider]

Someones dirty dishes with eggs on their silverware is how this method was found.

[@oktc68]

For best results with egg, overcook it, this will increase its sulphur content.

[@TommyTechnetium]

Thank you for this suggestion!

[@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer]

The salt doesn't do anything, by the way.

[@ikilldacreepers4245]

I should add, that if you have powdered eggs, using them is much more effective and has an almost instant effect

[@TommyTechnetium]

Thank you for the tip!

[@MHLai-fs9dd]

You are causing scratches on your silver ware😂

[@brfisher1123]

I tried it with large pieces of pure sulfur and the silver began tarnishing within a minute or so.

[@benoone9573]

Your experiment proves that you should separate the yolk from the egg white. The egg white is the active ingredient. A chlorine liquide can also work.

[@brfisher1123]

When cleaning off the silver tarnish with the aluminum did you notice a slight sulfurous odor?

[@TommyTechnetium]

Yes..I notice this quite often.

[@atsylor5549]

I think the eggs tarnished faster by the egg white areas because that’s where there was plenty of oxygen. Where the center of the yolk was there was no air flow. You need sulfur and oxygen

[@TommyTechnetium]

Interesting idea...I think I have a way to test this

[@RantingDev]

If nothing else, you have a nice egg salad.

[@TommyTechnetium]

😂

[@d.vaders1178]

If any of you are thinking of “scrubbing” your silver or silver plate with aluminum foil, don’t. You will scratch the holy shiny finish to hell and back and in the case of silver plate…it will probably be irrevocably damaged. Your solid silver can always be buffed on a jewelers wheel but at the expense on silver content as that buffs actual silver off the piece because they need to buff through the scratches. Yikes.

[@Prakash-sz3sk]

so is it good to eat that egg or not ?????? i placed some piping hot rice in silver plate and saw lite tarnishing under the rice .... is it safe/good to continue eating that egg or rice?

[@mr.wigglemunch3856]

What does that image remind you guys of? 🤭

[@brfisher1123]

Do you have any elemental sulfur at hand? I placed a silver coin (as I told you before) on contact with 10 -20 grams of elemental sulfur and it tarnished quite rapidly.

[@TommyTechnetium]

Hi Brandon, thank you for your question and comment. I do have elemental sulfur on hand. I tend not to use it because the tarnishing it produces is so dramatic that it is difficult to clean off!

[@brfisher1123]

@@TommyTechnetium Yikes! That's something I don't want to happen! I won't be doing that again if there's a risk that something like that could happen! Guess I was lucky enough to not have kept the coin on contact with the sulfur for too long as I was able to clean off the tarnish!

[@KittyLovesGlover]

yeah, but, who wants to scratch the crap out of their silver item??

[@alexandertsiolkovski5848]

Does this mean you lose a bit of silver every time you clean the tarnish? Eventually, does your plate thin or develop holes?

[@TommyTechnetium]

Tarnish on silver (Ag) is oxidized to silver ion (Ag+). So yes, creating tarnish does end up removing metallic silver (Ag). However, I have not observed pits or holes to develop on the plate after several times conducting this experiment. I'd be interested to learn if anyone has seen holes develop, though!

[@haroldofcardboard]

0:21

[@coordinations2179]

How does salt not tarnish the silver, the chlorine in the salt can also cause tarnish like in a dishwasher

[@TommyTechnetium]

Remember that the element chlorine can take on different forms: chloride ion (Cl-, found in salt), chlorine (Cl2), and hypochlorite ion (OCl-, found in bleach). Of these, only chlorine and hypochlorite ion are capable of oxidizing silver, causing it to tarnish.

[@jesscorbin5981]

What about for gold?

[@beaniesamuels]

That's a quick way to scour the plating right off, down to the copper. Hagerty's Silver Foam is a much gentler way of polishing.

[@usharanin4051]

Is there any danger to eat boilled egg in silver bowl or plate

[@beautifulbabe1357]

That's a question

[@thedowagerd.2431]

Where can I buy magnesium strips?

[@TommyTechnetium]

Try buying a magnesium fire starter. You can often find these in the camping section at Wal-Mart. I've never tried using magnesium fire starter to get tarnish off of silver. So if you do buy some and it works, please let me know.

[@thedowagerd.2431]

@@TommyTechnetium Thank you.

[@gentelmenschannel5028]

Where can I buy Magnesium?

[@TommyTechnetium]

Magnesium is often used as a fire starter for campfires. Good "magnesium fire starter" and see if this helps.

[@sherylF5610]

Couldn't the foil scratch the silver?

[@TommyTechnetium]

Yes

[@HariOm-mz6kw]

Is it physical changr or chemical change

[@TommyTechnetium]

Hi Super 10, the tarnishing of silver is a chemical change. The silver metal (which is shiny and silver-colored) is oxidized to form ionic silver compounds, which are dark in color.

[@lindacampbell8203]

Sure way to ruin silver....in half the time you spent with the salt and baking soda you could have polished it with silver polish....and had better result.