Substances such as lemon juice orange juice and wine can cause your marble to etch.
White wine stains on marble.
Put a 1 2 inch thick layer of the paste over the stain and determine it extends at least a 1 2 inch beyond the edge of the stain.
Lastly paint stains are another hazard that marble surfaces face.
There also are light grayish stains around the drains.
Marble is a sensitive surface that can easily be marked by spills and spots.
To remove vinegar stains from marble just follow these steps.
However there are steps you can take to maintain your marble s spotless shine.
I have some light hard water and rust stains on my cultured marble one piece bathroom vanity tops with sinks.
If your marble is white it ll be especially easy to stain.
For most organic food stains the marble institute.
However marble is soft and porous and although it is lovely to admire it is damaged very easily by certain substances.
Beyond this you ll need to clean the marble regularly and know how to remove stains if they do happen.
Wine stains happen to the best of us.
Each one of these above stains have a unique method of removal.
Once etched the red wine then absorbed and stained the marble.
Acids like vinegar will damage marble quickly if left on long enough to do so.
Other than the stains the cultured marble is in very good condition and the original gel coat still is relatively shiny.
That s just the risk we take for loving red wine so much eventually in the midst of a good time a little wine is going to spill and we re going to have.
What likely happened is that the red wine first etched the marble which damages the surface exposing more porous raw marble making it more absorbent.
A marble stain develops when the wine or any liquid absorbs into the stone creating a dark spot.
This is a material made from a porous solid and a solvent some sort of liquid to form a paste type material that has the consistence of cake icing or peanut butter.
Method of stain removal.
1 clean white towel.
Etch marks are the result of the top layer of the marble wearing away due to the stain.
Most of them can be removed with a marble poultice.
Cover the poultice with cling film so it dries more slowly.
Getting out pesky stains.
Leave the poultice on the white wine stained area of your marble until it dries.
One marble stain that has proven particularly difficult to remove is that resulting from spilled red wine.
Spread the paste mixture over the site of the white wine stain.