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Green Review: Eco-friendly silver polish

Posted by Jennifer Chait
July 24, 2009

Product: Silver Polish from Earth Friendly Products

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Use: Use this non-abrasive polish to make silver shine.

Ingredients: Purified water, lemon oil, Xantham gum, crystalline silica, and 100% natural anionic coconut kernel oil based surfactant.

Cost: $5.99 for 8oz

Eco facts:

Formaldehyde-free, phosphate free, chlorine-free, biodegradable, septic safe, greywater safe and has the lowest PH level of any silver polish on the market. See all the eco-perks of Earth Friendly Products. There are many!

WHAT I THINK:

First of all I’m a little low on silver at my house. I don’t tend to buy stuff like that. BUT I do have some silver rings that i absolutely never clean and they were looking dingy so I grabbed those and got to polishing. You’re supposed to put a little onto a damp cloth and wipe it on your silver. Then you rinse and dry – sounds easy enough.

I didn’t really know what to expect but what I got was some totally shiny rings! I wear these two particular rings daily and as noted, don’t really clean them, but I put hand lotion on a lot too so the rings didn’t look quite so shiny. After polishing I was kind of amazed because I hadn’t seen my rings looking so nice in a good long while. One of the rings has an amethyst stone on it and the polish didn’t scratch it at all. The other ring is a silver spoon ring with tiny flowers and swirls so I used a wet cotton swab and some polish to clean it, and the polish actually got into the tiny crevices and cleaned them nicely.

I like how the polish smells of lemons too. Plus because it’s natural, I wasn’t concerned when I got some on my hand. I mean, I’m not pouring it in my mouth, but I’m glad it didn’t irritate my skin. The last thing I liked about this product was the cost. For the price this stuff will last you a long while for typical small bowls and silverware polishing. You only need a little to bring on the shiny.

Any negatives?:

Not today folks – oh wait, yeah. EFP puts all their MSDS sheets online, which I like, but there’s not one for the silver polish. ?? Not sure what’s up with that.

Overall green score:

Five out of five little trees! I didn’t know my rings needed this, but they really did. While I doubt I’ll be buying a ton of this stuff if you’ve got silver, I’d recommend it.

BONUS: right now you can win $100.00 worth of Earth Friendly Products on Facebook. 10 lucky people will win, and all you have to do to enter is become a fan of Earth Friendly Products on Facebook then tell them on their fan page, why you should win. The winners will be picked on August 1, 2009.

BTW I’ve previously reviewed many Earth Friendly Products. If you want to learn more and see which are worth buying read…