>Hello
>We are preparing exhibit space in a historic house museum and need to clean
>the marble fireplace. Any quick, safe and inexpensive suggestions on how to
>clean it or suggested resources?
>
>Thank you,
>Nina Fairles, Art Technician
>Marin History Museum

Nina,

Oxalic acid, a relatively mild acid (found in trace amounts in
spinach and rhubarb, etc.), is available at chemical suppliers and
wherever you would find wood strippers/restoration products. (It's
also used to bleach wood.) It is an excellent marble cleaner.

Garry K. Williams

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