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Help....sratches on marble top dinind table!!

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I've just noticed three quite large scratches on my almost new marble topped dining table!!
Does anyone know if there is anything at all I can do to repair or cover them up??
When life throws you lemons...put them in a gin and tonic !!

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  • How deep are they? :confused:

    I know you can shift scratches from glass with a metal polish such as Brasso. It'd probably work with marble, although it will take ages and a lot of elbow grease. Works like a very fine abrasive.

    :D
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • How deep are they? :confused:

    I know you can shift scratches from glass with a metal polish such as Brasso. It'd probably work with marble, although it will take ages and a lot of elbow grease. Works like a very fine abrasive.

    :D

    They are deep enough to be felt when you run your fingers over them.
    Useful suggestion, but I don't want to try unless anyone knows that it will work.
    Marble is a porous stone and I don't want to make it worse.
    When life throws you lemons...put them in a gin and tonic !!
  • janb5
    janb5 Posts: 2,673 Forumite
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    Did you buy your table on a credit card? If so it will be covered by insurance.

    Or you could try a little T cut to see if that helps?
  • furndire
    furndire Posts: 7,308 Forumite
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    Might be worth asking someone who makes headstones, as they work with marble, and presumably have to polish it up.
  • Nicki
    Nicki Posts: 8,166 Forumite
    I had some abrasive marks on my marble worktop in the bathroom caused by using the wrong kind of cleaner, and was advised by a marble shop to rub them gently with cotton wool and a little linseed oil. This worked amazingly well. Obviously it won't fill in the indentations of the scratch, but will probably improve the cosmetic appearance enormously.

    I really wouldn't recommend either Brasso or T cut unless someone else has tried them and knows they work, or unless you have a piece of table which you could test them on which doesn't show. Anything harsh or abrasive will make the problem much worse. My marble top was ruined in the first place by cleaning lady using a proprietary, but non abrasive bathroom cleaner on it, and also by coming into contact with toothpaste. Apparently this is really common as marble is such a delicate material, and I only use water or occasionally very diluted stardrops on it now, and it looks so much better.
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