CUTLERY PRE-SOAK is a white, granular compound specifically designed to pre-soak or wash silver and other delicate metal objects adversely affected by chemicals such as chlorine. CUTLERY PRE-SOAK will eliminate the problems caused by other types of pre-soaks when soaking silver. CUTLERY PRE-SOAK’s chemical composition reduces deterioration of most metals’ sensitive to chemicals and leaves silverware sparkling clean and spot-free.