How I ruined–and revived– my Bakelite* flatware handles, part 1
Posted: January 10, 2014 Filed under: Home and Garden | Tags: Bakelite flatware, Catalin flatware, cleaning Bakelite, cleaning Catalin, Simichrome polish 3 CommentsIt only took a split second to ruin all of my Bakelite* handled spoons. In a moment of utter stupidity I dropped them in a sink full of hot, soapy water. And THIS is what happened. WAH!
They’re now almost entirely oxidized. Fortunately for you, my slip of sanity will work for your benefit. Because now I have to restore them. And I’m going to try most of the suggested remedies I’ve found on the web to see what really works. I’ll even try some solutions that I’ve never seen mentioned anywhere but work pretty well.
The most popular solution on the web seems to be