Use and Care Manual

Flatware Use & Care
Your fine silverplate and stainless flatware and holloware will give you extra long service and
will always look great when properly cared for. We off the following recommendations:
Handling:
A minimum amount of handling is required when perforated cylinders in a portable rack are
used to transport, wash and dispense flatware.
Always sort flatware tines, bowls and blades down when flatware is transported and washed in
the same cylinder. This prevents contamination when the items are removed for setting the
tables.
Sort flatware tines, bowls and blades up when using a system where the flatware is transferred
from a cleaning cylinder to a storage cylinder by inversion.
Separate flatware, holloware and china in bus trays.
Washing:
Remove all remnants of food from metalware items immediately after use. Avoid using steel
wool or metal scrapers.
Always separate flatware and holloware for pre-soaking and use a plastic or stainless steel pan,
never aluminum.
Pre-soak and wash metalware immediately after its removal from the table. Do not leave
metalware in the pre-soak solution for more than 20 minutes before it is washed. Change the
pre-soak solution after two or three cycles of use. Chemicals accumulate in the pre-soak and
may cause harm.
Load the washing machine with the openings of hollow pieces facing down.
Do not use a pre-soak solution containing acidic silver de-tarnishing agents, including chlorides,
bromides or iodides, as these products cause severe corrosion.
Always wash your metalware in hot water and make sure you choose a cleaning agent free of
abrasive or corrosive qualities that may damage your metalware.
Avoid low-temperature dishwashing. It is not suited for metalware.
Rinsing:
Always rinse clean metalware in water of at least 180 degrees.
Consider adding a wetting agent to the rinse to prevent minerals in the water from staining
your metalware.