First forum post - it's about marble

[turnip]

HELP REQUIRED!!!

Tomorrow morning I am having my marble fire-surround removed to have the incert replaced. Whilst this is happening I thought I would take this chance to clean all the marble marked with years of paint, drit-in-chips etc.

What should/can I used to clean the marble and give it back some life?

The marble itself is a white/gray type.

I am at work today so I will need to buy something from homebase/b&q this afternoon so I would like to hear about products I can buy from these types of places.

Thanks in advance.

P.S. I read these forums weeks ago and from the reading decided to sand and varnish my floorboards myself. What a result, they look amazing and even the gf is happy
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[felix]

For paint try methylene chloride. It's the active ingredient in most paint strippers and will also shift dirt. Beware of bleach. Marble is just a hard form of calcium carbonate so anything designed to shift lime scale will also shift your marble! I've used bleach before in extreme cases. It works but only by eating into the surface. What was once polished will end up dull.

 

[turnip]

Thanks Felix I will give it a try with methylene chloride.

Cheers.