I used Tilex once on the marble threshold of my walk in shower and it permanently etched it. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Ray" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] cleaning old monuments > The problem I see with Tilex and shaving cream is not that it might hurt marble. I doubt that it would, but older stones were sandstone, much softer than marble. I'm afraid it would hurt them. Dave > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Keith Pence > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:19 PM > Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] cleaning old monuments > > > Hi Peggy, > My suggestion would be to contact the Henry County Monument Works company there in Paris. I don't think it would hurt it. Tilex has just done wonders on every old monument, and I have done many. > Keith > > [email protected] wrote: > You may live near some of my relatives and friends. I grew up in McKenzie. > Three of my four cats are from McKenzie and one is named McKenzie, but I > haven't lived near there in many years. > > Does the Tilex do anything to erode the old marble? I guess bleach and > water would probably do the same thing, but I worry that it might be too caustic. > Of course, I don't really know anything about stone or chemicals, but a > lifetime of housework makes me wonder. Tilex doesn't hurt ceramic or porcelain, > but I am not sure about marble. Have you checked back to see what happened > over time? Just wondering. I wouldn't want to do anything that would harm > the tombstones, but I sure do like time saving and convenience. > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > Peggy > > > > > ==== TNHENRY Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, politicalannouncements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > [email protected] > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > > > ==== TNHENRY Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, politicalannouncements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > [email protected] > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== TNHENRY Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Henry Co., TN Mailing List, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or if you are on the Digest List to > [email protected] > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >