Lysol Made Marble Vanity Top Dull

by SUSAN
(CLOVIS, CA.)

QUESTION:

Marble vanity top in bathroom is dull and spotted after cleaning with Lysol Disinfectant Bathroom cleaner. Color is beige/tan. What can I do now?

ANSWER:

The first thing to do is learn about how to clean marble properly. Unfortunately, your installer or salesperson or previous owner never informed you about proper marble maintenance... which is far too common.

You had to learn the hard way, but of course never use Lysol (or any other common or brand-name household cleaner) for cleaning marble.

Marble is sensitive to acidic (many foods and drinks and some personal products like perfume, mouth wash, etc.) and highly alkaline substances (like nearly every cleaning product on the market).

Such products will corrode marble and eat away at the surface creating the dull and often light-colored splotchy "ghost" spots you now have.

So, from now on use only products safe for cleaning marble.

Good news is that cleaning and maintaining marble is actually pretty easy once you learn the right way and.... you can repair these etch spots and restore the shine and color on polished marble (not honed) using SCP: Marble Polishing Paste, which is made just for this issue.

This paste is easy to use and works like magic on all but the most severe (rough to the touch) etch marks. If too severe you have to call a marble maintenance pro to fix it, but almost all etching is like yours... done by mistake and not severe.

It's usually takes repeated or very long-term exposure to acids/alkalines to create severe marble etching.

You'll find plenty of helpful tips on various pages of our site about cleaning marble correctly, but for comprehensive information on protecting, cleaning and proper marble maintenance including step-by-step and cheap DIY solutions to any problem and product recommendations check out the Cleaning Marble Secrets ebook guide.

Good Luck,
Ryan

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