marble floor stains

Hi maurizio, I have several stains on my new, sealed cream coloured marble floor caused by dropping an uncooked lemon tart. The stain looks terrible and i cannot remove it.... HELP

 

 

Dear Elena:

Which goes to prove that sealing polished marble only serves the purpose of helping the maker of the sealer to reach his goal of an early retirement. The “stains” that you have are not stains at all: they are marks of corrosion (etching) that the acid of the stuff you spilled onto it created on contact, and there's no sealer on planet Earth that could do the first thing to prevent that. In other words, you're looking at surface damages. Considering the extensiveness of the etching, your only option is to hire a bona fide stone restoration contractor who will lightly grind (hone) and re-polish your stone. Now, you'd better watch out! I consider stone refinishing as the very pinnacle of all the activities related to stone from a professional point of view. Unfortunately, there are a lot of quacks on the loose out there! You get one of those, and you may even have to kiss your stone bye-bye! How could you tell a champ from a chomp? Could you trust the recommendation of your local stone distributor, or contractor, or your interior decorator? Hardly! We have available a very comprehensive article on how to select a bona fide stone restoration contractor, which will give you all the intelligence you need to make a competent choice. It does carry a small price tag, and you can order it by logging on the Educational Literature section 0f our website at: http://www.mbstone.com/literature/literature.htm. It's available in pay-per-download format and I consider it a cheap “insurance premium” to pay when there are thousands of $ involved! Not to mention the little and much needed support you'd be giving to the cause – YOUR cause, since every single penny of the cost of the article will be used to support it. Also, will you please read and sign our Statement of Purpose at: http://www.marblecleaning.org/purpose.htm? By spreading the word about this valuable site among your friend & family and the stone trades' people you've been dealing with you will be rendering everybody a valuable service! Moreover, do take advantage of the plethora of FREE Helpful Hints available at: http://www.mbstone.com/HH_promo/helpful_hints.htm. They're on the house! Thank you. Ciao and good luck, Maurizio Bertoli www.marblecleaning.org – The Only Consumers' Portal to the Stone Industry Establishment!