Italian Onyx with etch marks (water stains and rings)

I have glass ring marks and other small ghost like spots on my onyx bar top. What can I use that will DEFINITELY get these out. I have already tried a good product but it did not work. Thank you.

 

Dear Lee:

Either the good product you used was not good enough or not the right product (which has nothing to do with how good a product is) or the etching is too severe to be treated by a product. A good quality marble repair kit would do the job only if the etching that you have is either light or medium. If it is beyond that and the etching is too severe, some light grinding of the stone surface (honing) must be done before the polishing with the polishing powder in the kit is possible. And to do that you need a professional stone restoration contractor.

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Thank you.

Ciao and good luck,

Mauri z io Bertoli

 

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