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[bednobs]

how do i get oil out of a stone? i have a beautiful grey ornamental stone that someone has picked up with greasy fingers - the stone has "absorbed" some of the oil and it shows - what can i do?

[anneasquith]

hot water, with washing up liquid ?

[follyfancier]

buy some Fuller's Earth from a chemist ( it is a powder) and emerse the stone in it for a few weeks

[bednobs]

would that be a chemist like lloyds or a chemist like a scientist?

[follyfancier]

any local chemist shop,even Boots used to sell it

[Graham-W]

"Fuller's Earth" is also used as cat litter. The type that crumbles into dust if rubbed between your fingers. Probably cheaper than the chemist, as well.