Cleaning Marble

We recently cleaned the marble in our shower with a lysol basin tub and tile cleaner and it left residue that I cannot get of with anything. It was only on the marble for a few seconds! I've tried marble polish and cleaner but it still won't come off. Any ideas?

 

Dear Stefan:

The Lysol product you used did not leave any residue: it actually peeled some your marble off!

In other words, it corroded (etched if you will) the surface of your tiles and what you have is some serious surface damage that only a professional stone restoration contractor could repair by slightly grinding (honing) your marble, and then finish the job by polishing it with a polishing powder for marble.

Once that is done, you may want to consider getting some specific intelligence on the maintenance of your natural stone shower stall, since it appears to me that the merchants that sold the marble to you and the installer that set it in place did not give you any useful information.

Maybe they even suggested you to apply a useless (under the circumstances) sealer to your polished marble!!... L

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