Carrera marble worktop

7 years ago

Our kitchen island and other work tops are marble. Every drop of water seems to show and there are ring marks all over it. I have sealed it with lithlolin and used a marble cleaner but it still marks. Is there anything I can do to restore it and keep it (relatively) stain free? Thanks!

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Jonathan
7 years ago
I am interested in answers for this.
I have the same issue and I suspect it it because I didn't want it to be highly polished.
Strangely I have a marble chopping board which I have by the side of the sink and I make tea on it.... all stains seem to clean off fine with a cream cleaner and I wish I knew why the rest of the kitchen doesn't wear so well.
boundsgreener
7 years ago
Hi. I don't have them, but there are loads of Design Dilemmas on the US part of this site about them and how to clean and protect them (change the "Filter by Country" to ALL on the left hand side). Here's one that has some helpful information: https://www.houzz.co.uk/discussions/marble-countertops-really-really-bad-to-have-dsvw-vd~4244486

Sounds like your chopping board might not be actual marble, Jonathan. There's another thread that I can't find at the moment (maybe it's on the gardenweb site) that is written by a geologist that describes all the different types of stone in interesting/boring (depending on which way you lean) detail. Good luck!
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Daisy England
7 years ago
Marble does mark easily. It's very porous. You won't stop it. It's worse than granite which shows all greasy marks.
Johnny
7 years ago
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Hi, I have worked as a mason with marble for 13 years now. You need to try and remove the everyday stuff that has become attached to the surface. Sealing the marble again and again is not advisable before cleaning the surface properly with a solvent based product. You are just creating an impossible barrier to clean through. You need to remove the sealant before trying to remove the stains.

Solvent based strippers, designed for natural stone are available to us in the industry, however I am not sure you, as a consumer can purchase them. We buy these chemicals direct form Italy from our stone suppliers. You could however try acetone, just a clean cloth and generous amounts of acetone, a lot of hard cleaning, rubbing off. This should shift some of the greasy residue, and it will take the sealant off, allowing you to really get at the stains.

For the rings marks - You can also try Astonish Cream cleaner it come so in the yellow bottle, NOT THE PASTE IT IS TOO ABRASIVE AND WILL SCRATCH THE SURFACE. First wet the marble lightly, add astonish, a decent amount and work in to a lather on the face of the areas that are marked, use a brillo pad on the soft green side, and ten, fifteen minutes, or until you are knackered!! Really clean and work the area. Remove the excess water and cream cleaner with a squeegee if you have one or just lots and lots of fresh paper towels. Continue to wipe the area with clean paper cloth until it is restored to the rest.

After this then seal again, wait a good half an hour and then buff off. Failing all of that, your surface will need to be re-honed in situ by a skilled mason who will sand over the face. This will still not remove and stains that are more than surface deep. How old are is the marble just out of interest? And do you have any pictures i could see of the staining?
headers13
7 years ago
Just about to get a new quartz worktop but will use pan stands etc to try & keep it mark free. Or just eat take aways !!

Carrera marble worktop

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