How can i clean and restore the shine to my marble garden table?
For cleaning use a dish soap mixed with warm water. This is a neutral cleaner and is safe for stone. Any acidic or abrasive cleaners will damage the stone further. Diamond abrasives are typically used to hone and then polish marble. Depending on the type of stone the shine is either restored by a high grit diamond polish, polishing powder or crystallizer. The crystallizer is the easiest way to restore the shine but it requires the damaged to be removed/refinished by the diamond abrasives first. The severity of the damage determines how many grits of diamonds you should need. In most cases a neutral clean then polishing powder applied with a buffer will somewhat restore the shine. Polishing powders contain acids and other chemicals that are recommended for professionals. The two top marble restoration companies in the country are Rose Restoration (www.roserestoration.com) and Stuart Dean(www.stuartdean.com). I believe the main difference is that Stuart Dean only does maintenance where R
