How to clean 100 + year old marble
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Claire
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I have an antique 100+yrs old with a marble top
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I use micro fiber rags and water to clean most everything in our house and that really works well. For more stubborn areas I use a vinegar solution (do not use acids on stone or other porous natural products). Harsh commercial chemicals can wear out the finishes or lean unwanted residues. If that does not work, there are marble cleaners off the shelf that you can use. Make sure you seal the top once you get it clean so you can extend the time between cleaning sessions.
SawHorse Design Build
on Feb 16, 2014
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I found a few articles this one uses Cornstatch http://www.ehow.com/how_5669153_clean-old-marble-cornstarch.html This one uses hydrogen peroxide and baking soda http://www.designsponge.com/2013/01/before-after-cleaning-and-restoring-marble.html this is from an actual museum for that quality of a piece http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/cleaning-marble/ But all of them have you seal the marble afterwards except maybe the museum one. They have a lot of cautions and ideas, but then they deal with million dollar pieces so worth the read maybe... hope you figure it out
Tanya Peterson Felsheim
on Feb 16, 2014
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Never use vinegar, or lemon juice on marble. All you do is damage it every time you use it. Use these cleaning guidelines they are professionals who give cleaning advice, fixing and repairing and trouble shooting. https://www.marble-institute.com/stoneprofessionals/commercial_care_clean.pdf I clean for a living and use this as my guidelines to cleaning stone. The other guideline Tanya gave you for the museum's cleaning guidelines. It is another one I use. I have a cleaning business and always know how a surface should be cleaned before I start and this is my go to guidelines for cleaning stone. All those so called natural recipes....especially when vinegar is used most of the time your damaging your surfaces because it is used wrong. Just because it says natural and it's vinegar doesn't mean you aren't creating damage. Know what your cleaning before you use these recipes or you will be replacing your damaged surface sooner than expected.
Sherrie
on Feb 16, 2014
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that you, seal it with what?
Claire
on Feb 16, 2014
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Thank you for your help
Claire
on Feb 16, 2014
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