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[depglass]

I have a few pieces of silver plate sitting in the china cabinet.  Of course it's tarnished, it's usually tarnished.  It gets that way shortly after I get a burst of energy and shine it up. What if there were some way to protect it, Pledge, maybe?  Car wax?  I could experiment but if someone has an answer it would lead me to the right solution.  I've never seen a giant silver safekeeper, maybe Laurie could invent one.  

[haddon9]

@depglass  I have a few pieces stored in my China cabinet.  I only polish them once a year or so and they get very tarnished...would love to hear if anyone has some great ideas too!

[Peaches McPhee]

Wrap them in plastic wrap, so no air can get at them.  Works like a charm, but of course you cannot display them.

[Kachina624]

It might be easiest to just consider the tarnish to be part of the piece's charming 'patina' and live with it.

[queendiva]

When I moved I donated every piece of silver plate I owned.

It's too much work and most of the year it looks awful. Not worth having in my home to use 2-3 times a year at most. 

I do not miss it one bit.

[wagirl]

I got rid of anything that needed to be polished. Would rather mop the floor than fool around with that job.

[faeriemoon]

I received a silver plated tea service for a shower gift a million years ago.  That has NEVER been my thing.  It was donated ages ago.

I know this doesn't help the OP, but my guess is she doesn't use it much either.  I don't know of any way to prevent tarnish that doesn't involve putting an item in a tarnish-proof container of some sort.  The only other option is pulling out the silver polish every few months.

[noodleann]

3M makes strips that you put in with freshly polished silver in a confined space. They're supposed to retard tarnish formation for 6 months. You need to buy them in the original sealed package, not individually, or they may not be as effective. Don't know if they'd work in a china closet.

Because silver plate will eventually wear off with use and polishing, I have very little of it. Sterling is solid silver, so AFAIC, it's worth the hassle of polishing. I keep my sterling in Hagerty's blue silver bags that also help discourage tarnish.

[grandma2pkmh]

@depglass   There is a product called  Protectaclear that you can paint on the silver plate.. I have never used it but it got decent reviews.  It can be found at Everbritecoatings dot com.

[Sooner]

I have had a reputable dealer of sterling tell me she used Turtle Wax but I have never tried it.  I was thinking about it!