Copper

I've found something else recently to keep me busy, polishing.  I am planning on decorating the new kitchen at the guesthouse by shopping at my main house.  I just know I have enough stuff here so I won't have to buy anything new. As I was thinking about this the other day, I focused on my copper molds. You can see the difference in polished vs unpolished.  It's quite striking.

Many years ago, I started a collection of antique French copper molds.  As I usually do, I got carried away and ended up with about a hundred of them.

A few still hang in my kitchen while most are packed away.

I used to polish them with copper polish and it was a real labor of love.  It took days to bring them back to their shiny selves.

I have 14 foot ceilings and just getting to a lot of them is difficult.

I stumbled across an article recently by another woman that shares my copper addiction.  She mentioned how she cleans hers.

I ran out and bought some of what she uses and started to polish.

And almost effortlessly, my molds shine again.  What is this magic product?

I sure am late to the party with this stuff.  I've always been aware of Bar Keepers Friend but I had no idea it could be used on copper!  I haven't polished a mold in at least 15 years and with a sprinkling of this and very little elbow grease, a magical transformation occurred.  I am such a sucker for a quick fix.  Now I have about 95 more to go!