Various tip for removing stains
Wine stains, ink or other staining products: make up a paste with plaster of Paris and neat bleach, spread on the stain and leave to harden. After ½ hour remove the plaster and rinse abundantly with clean water. If necessary repeat several times until the stain disappears.
Oil or grease stains : make up a paste with plaster of Paris and clean water. Place on top of the stain in the form of a crater and leave to dry. 30 minutes later pour into the crater some solvent (see list below). After + or – 3 hours, remove all with a wooden spatula. Rinse adundantly
- For an oil or grease stain: acetone, ammonia, K2R stain remover or Savon Noir.
- For a coloured stain: bleach
- For a wine stain: alcohol 70° or 90°
- For a fruit stain: acetone
If necessary repeat the operation several times until the stain is completely removed.
ATTENTION: This non exclusive list is given purely for information. It does not engage the responsibility of Les Ateliers Pierre de Bourgogne for a misapplication or for a deterioration of the stain after a trial. Not all stone reacts in the same manner and a trial should be made on a piece of similar stone or a portion of the stone that is hidden to check the reaction between the stone and the treatment.