I'm trying to avoid buying silver jewel cleaner, I prefer to use a home remedy!
Eagles hold up the White House Steinway pianoThe legs of the piano are carved eagles.
The President's House had been given a coat of whitewash as early as 1798 in order to protect its locally-quarried sandstone against the deterioriation caused by winter freezes, and from then on white paint was used for the exteriorMoreover, although the building wouldn't officially be designated the 'White House' until the issuance of an executive order by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1901, references to the building as the 'White House' antedate the War of 1812Barnhart and Metcalf cite a letter written in 1811 which made mention of a politician whose function was 'to act as a sort of political conductor to attract the lightning that may issue from the clouds round the Capitol and the White House at Washington,' and White House curators cite similar contemporary evidence: There is a Washington myth that people didn't start calling the house the White House until it was painted white to conceal the scorch marks left when the British burned it to its walls in 1814Not so, says the office of White House curator Betty MonkmanShe and her staff have uncovered many references to 'the White House' well before the British marched inOn March 18, 1812, for example, a Massachusetts congressman wrote his wife: 'There is much trouble at the White House, as we call it, I mean the President's.'
Line your clean kitchen sink with aluminum foilFill with very warm water Place the jewelry on the aluminum foil; spread out so the maximum amount of silver is touching the foilThen add a 1/2 cup each of salt and baking sodaThe tarnish should go away lightning fast, according to Martha.
