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Wed, Apr 21, 10 at 0:06
| I am planning on installing the marble wall pieces below into cut outs in my dining room wall. I believe they are marble. I have tried to gently brush them clean with light sand paper but they still are yellowed and stained. Is there any way to clean and brighten them up?
Thanks so much. |
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- Posted by oilpainter (My Page) on Wed, Apr 21, 10 at 20:33
| I think you'd better find out for sure just what kind of material you are dealing with before you riun them trying to clean marble when they're not. If you take one to someone who deals in marble they should be able to tell you. It could be limestone too. |
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| I`m recommended you use Liquid silicone |
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| It looks like real marble to me. Try this first. Take mild dish soap (Ivory)dilute in a spray bottle. Wet the stone well and then do a light scrubbing with a nylon bristle brush. The yellowing likely will NOT be removed by regular cleaning as it will likely need the application of a "poultice" to "draw" the stain out of the pores of the stone crystals. If it lightens with light cleaning it may make you happy but other wise cleaning with a cleanser that can float the contamination up and out and this time WITHOUT detergents. If you would like the name or other methods on the poultice let me know Stan |
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| Thanks for the advice. Would love to know what the poultice recipe is. tx! |
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- Posted by lazygardens (My Page) on Fri, Apr 30, 10 at 17:48
| sherriz - they are "whiting" (finely ground chalk mixed with water) and spread on wet. Klet it dry and brush it off. Other recipes can be found: google for marble poultice and seewhat comes up. |
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