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Cutlery Care
Your beautifully renovated cutlery will add a distinctive finishing touch to your dinner table. By following the simple care guidelines below when you are washing and storing your cutlery, and it will keep its sparkle for years to come.
Dishwashers
- · Follow your machine's instructions.
- · Remove and hand-dry the cutlery as soon as the wash cycle has finished.
- · Load knives with the blades pointing downwards for safety and they also drain better.
- · Avoid using rinse-and-hold-cycle - cutlery left in a damp atmosphere can become stained or damaged.
- · Do not mix silver-plated and stainless-steel items in the same cycle.
- · Do not put standard "grained" cream handled knives in a dishwasher - only our dishwasher safe range.
Hand washing
- · Use a premier brand liquid detergent or cream, not powder - e.g Fairy washing up liquid.
- · Do not use wire wool or an abrasive cleaner.
- · Use hand warm - not boiling water.
- · Rinse or wash stainless-steel cutlery after use - pro-longed contact with salt, vinegar, egg, tomato sauce, acid fruits, detergents can cause pitting and staining.
- · Take special care with knives. The blades have a higher carbon content, which creates a sharper cutting edge but is also more prone to corrosion.
- · Polish away any stains with a stainless steel polish.
- · Do not leave stainless steel cutlery to soak, or store it in damp conditions, as this may cause staining and require re-polishing.
Silver plate and sterling silver
- · Wash silver-plated and sterling-silver cutlery separately from stainless steel - if they touch whilst they are wet, your silver may be damaged by a chemical reaction.
- · Clean with a silver cloth, while silver-plated and sterling silver cutlery resist corrosion, they do become tarnished from sulphides in the atmosphere and in certain foods such as egg.
- · To clean tarnished silver use a reputable silver polish, carefully following the instructions.
- · Please note: NEVER use silver dip near stainless steel e.g knife blades.
- · Store silver in our cutlerymate storage systems or in anti-tarnish rolls or in an individually fitted canteen, not one that stacks pieces on top of one another.
- · Don't be overly concerned if your silver cutlery becomes scratched. Silver is a soft metal and scratches more easily than stainless steel. However, the tiny scratches build up over time to produce an attractive patina which is typical of fine silver.
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