Contact lens (saline) solution ruined our polished marble vanity top.

Leaving shampoo bottles on our polished marble shower bench for a few hours etched it.

Sorry, I meant to say honed marble shower bench.

A little drop of Lysol toilet cleaner etched the polished marble tile within seconds, could probably be polished out easily but now I am extra careful to avoid that happening again. No stains or etching from shampoo and bodywash so far.

We have polished carrera. Honestly, I haven't noticed any etching. Im sure it's there, so maybe its the lighting in the room. There's a small scratch on mine, we put a drill on it when installing window treatments. No one would notice it but me. I do occasionally notice a ring from the hand soap bottle or shampoo but it fades after a few days. We've been in the house for 18 months.

I think Mom said it was Windex that etched hers and she wiped it up pretty fast too--Dad grabbed his buffer and made it all pretty again.

Our tile guy said we should put in honed carrara marble in our new bath. We have had a dark polished emperador marble on our vanity and it showed water marks and etching horribly. Some kind of face cleaner made a huge ring on it which is one of the reasons I am going to do honed white marble instead this time.

A friend warned me that toothpaste etched her marble, but ours looks good since it was installed last May.

Thanks to all for your replies. I think toothpaste and liquid hand soap are said to be culprits. I'm glad I decided on honing as I can live with stains, far easier than etching. I'LL be more vigilant , and at the same time not focus on the imperfections.