Dear Lynn:
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I have used a Travertine cleaner
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Travertine cleaner, huh... Could you please define travertine cleaner for me?... For all I know a cleaner – any cleaner – is designed to remove certain types of soils, from wherever they're sitting on. I never heard of a cleaner that's designed to work on a particular material, no matter what the soil to be removed is, did you?...
J
That duly said, why you don't try using a mildew stain remover rated safe on natural stone, like MB-9, instead of a “travertine cleaner” (whatever that means)? It makes a tad more sense, don't you think?...
As for the filling of the holes, once they are clean, they have be totally dry (are you sure that there's no water behind those tiles?...). I'd consider using a hair-drier. Once everything is as dry as a bone (and hoping that you don't have any water behind those tiles) you will fill the holes with color-matching caulk. However, keep in mind that if you do have water behind those tiles, nothing will ever work to fill those holes.
May I ask you now to please read and e-sign our Statement of Purpose at:
http://www.marblecleaning.org/purpose.htm?
J
Ciao and good luck,
Mauri
Article ID: 588
Created On: Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 10:27 AM
Last Updated On: Fri, Oct 5, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Authored by: Maurizio Bertoli [mail@mbstone.com]
Online URL: https://marblecleaning.org/knowledgebase/article.php?id=588