Hello all, 

I will be putting some pieces of silver on exhibit in
the next few weeks.  In researching how to clean the
tarnish (which I am only planning to do to the badly
tarnished pieces), I found a recommendation to use
"washing soda" and distilled water in Bruce MacLeish's
book _The Care of Antiques and Historical
Collections_.

Can someone verify for me what "washing soda" is?  And
also, where does one find "precipitated chalk"?

Thank you,
Kim Kenney

Kimberly A. Kenney, Curator 
Wm. McKinley Presidential Library & Museum
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