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grease and holes in travertine

Article Number: 749 | Rating: Unrated | Last Updated: Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 12:00 AM

I have a travertine dining room table and have two questions. First, I had left some buttercream frosting on a paper on top of the table, but the grease seeped through into the table. Can I get that out without special products or is there something that you would recommend. The second is that there are holes in the tabletop (of course) that the factory did not seal. Can I seal those and if so, how and with what? Any information would be great! Thanks! Sherri Feldman

Dear Sherry:

First the holes: you can easily fill them with color-matching caulk. Fill it in excess (so that it mounds a bit), let it dwell for 1 minute or less, and then "shave" it flush with the surface of the stone. Clean any film residue around the hole immediately with you fingertip wrapped around a damp piece of terry-cloth. Done!

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