By Peter Hotton, Globe Staff | July 22, 2010
Q. The hall floor in my 100-year-old house is marble. How can I clean it and keep it clean? Some of the lower sashes in my house, the ones with sash weights and chains, are sticking. How can I loosen them?
MARY ANN, from Boston
A. Marble is tough to keep clean because it is so absorbent. Wash with a strong solution of Spic and Span and water, let it soak for 10 minutes or so, then rinse and let dry. Others have had luck with Ultra Bright toothpaste. (Read more)
It's great to find easy fixes for cleaning marble. Especially hard water stains on marble. That's a tough one! I like using green chemicals when I can and earth friendly industrial supplies.
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