You can buy a silver cleaning agent and clean your silverware. But what do you do when you want to clean it but have no silver cleaning agent and are too lazy to go buy one?

TOOTHPASTE - Toothpaste is an easy solution to removing tarnish. Use used soft-bristle toothbrush and toothpaste and a couple drops of water and brush it gently to remove the tarnish.
BAKING SODA - Baking soda is another option but gets messier than toothpaste. Make a paste of baking soda with a little bit of water. Make it concentrated enough so that it would effectively remove tarnish. Rub the paste with a soft cloth.
NO SCRUBBING METHOD - This is by far the easiest, quickest and coolest way to clean your silver. Unfortunatley, this cleaning method will also remove any patina the silverware has developed. You will need: boiling water baking soda aluminum foil baking pan or similar container Completely line the baking pan with aluminum foil. Place pan in the kitchen sink. Lay silverware in foil lined pan (make sure pieces of silverware do not touch one another). Sprinkle 2-3 tablespoons of baking soda over silverware. Pour just enough boiling water in the pan to fully submerge all silverware pieces. The tarnish will immediately "jump" from the silverware to the aluminum foil. If any tarnish remains on the silverware, sprinkle in some more baking soda and wait 1-2 minutes. When silverware is tarnish free, pour water out of pan and place silverware directly into sink. Rinse and dry the silveware.

You will see your silverware shining brightly again. To slow down the tarnishing process, store silverware in a silver chest or in tarnish proof cloth. Try to avoid contact with moisture, plastic, paper, wood surfaces, and other metals as these will hasten the tarnishing process.