You can clean silver with aluminum foil. Place the silver you are cleaning in a pan lined with foil. On the stove, warn enough water to cover the item you want to clean. Add a tsp. of salt and a cup of baking soda to the water. When the solution gets hot and everything is dissolved, pour it over the silver item to be cleaned. Let the silver soak until clean. Be sure the item you are cleaning, is
. touching the foil.