vomit on bathroom floor (marble)

I had a party a few weeks ago and unfortunately someone had a bit too much to drink. He had vomited on the bathroom floor and the mess wasn't cleaned up until the morning. The marble now appears quite dull in that 12 inch circular area and won't restore with any product i've purchased (magic granite and marble cleaner, etc) What are your thoughts and will your product work?

 

Dear Adam:

Wow, it didn't clean not even with the “magic” cleaner??... Maybe you should have tried the “miracle” cleaner instead!... J

Sorry, but I could not resist.

 

Vomit is acidic and acid corrodes marble and any other calcite-based rock. Which means that you have a severe etching (corrosion) on your stone surface that, of course, can't be cleaned off. It is like a shallow chemical scratch, and you could not certainly clean a scratch off, could you? In other words, it is a serious surface damaged that can only be repaired.

How?

At the end of the day it is not a big deal, but your only option is to hire a bona fide stone restoration contractor who will lightly grind (hone) and then re-polish your stone.

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Ciao and good luck,

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