Marble and sunscreen don't mix

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Marble and sunscreen don't mix

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We recently had the bath in our 1 bed apartment replaced with a big walk in shower - much more useful in a hot country and in a property used for city breaks. How pleased I was when one of the affordable options for the shower base was made-to-measure white marble. It's beautiful in the photographs.

You can see where this is going can't you all. Come a recent changeover and the white is now somewhat tinged with orange. I can only put this down to the dratted sunscreen - this time one that has a bronzing tint to it. I'm guessing this from personal experience where the sunscreen I bought on a recent break left a white fluffy towel a similar shade (yes, I did think I had washed it off in the shower but this waterproof stuff is like tar).

Any ideas? I've tried an overnight poultice of bicarbonate paste but no joy.
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Have you tried a kitchen degreaser spray?
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Yes. It's in the marble not on it. On reflection, marble is not such a wise choice!
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Our showers are tiled with marble (base and walls) and we have marble kitchen worktops.

Try https://www.agerul.es/tienda/quitagrasa ... verizador/ or similar, perhaps using a washing up brush, if it's fake tan and/or sunscreen. You could also try a solvent such as white spirit or acetone as a component of your poultice.

Are you sure it's not rust?
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Not tanning cream on marble, but in my case it was quite bad rust stains, so something similar I would think. Though dismissing it as an old wives tale, I was told to try lemon juice to cover the marble surface followed by course or fine salt. I did this, using liberal quantities of both, and it worked without any scrubbing. I left it there for a day or two before hosing it off. This was a for a horizontal surface; for a vertical surface I guess the process would need to be modified.
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Not tanning cream on marble, but in my case it was quite bad rust stains, so something similar I would think. Though dismissing it as an old wives tale, I was told to try lemon juice to cover the marble surface followed by course or fine salt. I did this, using liberal quantities of both, and it worked without any scrubbing. I left it there for a day or two before hosing it off. This was a for a horizontal surface; for a vertical surface I guess the process would need to be modified.
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Thanks everyone.
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