Cleaning Copper

There are many home remedies for cleaning copper. Copper has been used for hundreds of years to make household items and many housewvies have had their own take on the best way to clean and make it sparkle.

Try Lemon - To remove tarnish from copper, cut a lemon in half and dip the lemon in salt. Rub the salted lemon over the entire copper piece, thoroughly rinse and buff.

Use Vinegar - To make your copper pieces extra shiny, dip a clean cloth in vinegar. Dab the wet cloth in salt and apply to copper. Rinse well and buff.

Paste - Mix baking soda, lemon juice and vinegar together. Rub over the copper and wipe off with a damp cloth.

If your copper is highly tarnished I would recommend using a purchased cleaner as they will really work away the dirt that home remedies can't handle.