Operation: Prevent Oxidizing!

I think you can electroplate silver with rhodium, don't know how /diy/ feasible that is though.

>>999383
Nah, just polish it and it'll be fine.
If its really beat up then you can use the-
http://www.caswellplating.com.au/store/store.php/products/silverplater

OIL.

Oil, or wax. Really you are trying to keep oxygen away from the surface so it cannot react and form silver oxide, which is dark/black. Epoxy will do the trick but i wouldnt do it myself. Id wax

>>999383
Take some mineral oil from your ass and put the knife in a jar of it

Renaissance wax.

used by museums to protect metal.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Renaissance-Micro-Crystalline-Wax-65/dp/B001UON1CY

works on metal, wood, and leather.

>>999383
Also use something without even traces of sulfur. Sulfur salts causes blacking of silver.

>>999383
In a stove put a pot with 2 inches of water and a small piece of coconut soap. Let it boil and put your knife in it. In 1-2 minutes max your knife will be clean again, and you just need to wash it in cold water and... its done. After, store it in a clean fabric.

>>999848
That's the best way to clean everything made of silver.

>>999849
The tip is the silver must be submerse in the boiling water with coconut soap all the time (1-2 min max I believe) to clean it all.

I'm just thinking here, but I've got no real need for a silver knife perse, wouldn't it be easier to melt it down into something else so it becomes like a family heirloom and then wax it?

>>1000575
If it's a nice silver knife then it's already a family heirloom.
Pics, nigga.

Buy a plate of MONEL

>>1001952
And diy a new one. It will never oxidize

>>999383
After polishing, you can seal it in a plastic bag with an anti tarnish strip. Very effective. Can store for years without any re-oxidation. Keeping it in a drawer or glass panel cabinet for display with an anti tarnish strip is less effective, but slows down the tarnish quite a bit.