Marble Vanity Top Burn

by Kim
(Kent, Ohio)

QUESTION:

I have two small yellow strips on my counter where my flat iron got hot and marked the counter. Is there any way to remove them?

ANSWER:

I get this question quite a bit and find that a large percentage of the burns are on "cultured" marble and not a real marble countertop.

Cultured marble is a made from marble dust into molds. Often the sink and countertop are a continuous piece. The underside is just plain gray.

Then a protective coating is applied to the surface. It "looks" a little like marble, but it is basically plastic.

If you have cultured marble, then there isn't anything you can do about it. Once the surface of a cultured marble countertop is stained or scratched it's basically toast.

However, we do not work with cultured marble, so you may want to find someone who does and possibly they have a remedy, but as far as I know it would probably be cheaper/easier just to replace it.

Now real marble can burn. It's just much more difficult and this happens way more on cultured marble.

If you do have real marble, you'll have to follow the instructions available in our Cleaning Marble Secrets Guide.

It is possible that you'll need professional restoration, but that gets expensive. The guide provides other solutions that you'll want to try first.

Good Luck,
Ryan