Advice on cleaning an antique marble fireplace

Thanks! Will give a try. Much appreciated –

yahem

in Marble 10 years and 5 months ago

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yahem | 10 years and 5 months ago

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Hello all – We are looking for help/advice cleaning our old fireplace. We’re trying to replace the top and think we’d get a better match if we got the fireplace closer to its original color. Any thoughts? We were quoted a pretty high number (1800?) for a professional cleaning. Not sure we want to do the whole thing by ourselves (although I did try a little DIY baking soda poultice), but looking for a middle ground. Thanks in advance…

Arkady | 10 years and 5 months ago

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Here’s a link from the archives w/ a few ideas: http://brownstoner.staging.wpengine.com/forum-archive/?s=cleaning+marble&submit=Search

no-permits | 10 years and 5 months ago

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you can try stone guard. they cleaned off a marble vestibule floor and a few saddles for me. with the mantles, with all of the small crevices and corners, i figured it could end up looking worse.

yahem | 10 years and 5 months ago

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Thank you so much – really appreciate these responses.

redasch | 10 years and 5 months ago

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I cleaned three of our marble mantels and they came out great! I used Dawn dish soap, Oxi-clean stain remover, a toothbrush for crevices and a sponge. I applied the mixture, let it sit several minutes, scrubbed a bit and it came out a few shades lighter – looks great!