Is your marble sealed - Mine is sealed with porous plus 511. I have 2 years with heavy use no stains, lots of etching. However, there have been a couple of times where there appeared to be a stain - basically the stain was sitting on top of the 511 and need a nudge to come off. The first month back in the house I set the crock pot on a cutting board that had a design on it, you know the one where there is a cow for meat cutting, a carrot for veggie etc. At any rate, I had set it with the design face down by accident, and the blue design was transfered to the marble with the heat of the crock pot. No amount of gentle washing with dish soap removed it. Now I'm NOT RECOMMENDING this for your problem, but just to let you know that if your marble is sealed you will get the stain off in all probability, I took a tiny bit of barkeepers friend, tinyiest bit, on a wet cloth and gently buffed the different areas to remove the blue streaks. I tested a spot on the edge before trying this and did not see an etch. After removing the blue "paint" I washed with dish soap and dried the area and then reapplied the 511. The stain came off, and there was no etching. Would I do this now? NO, I would call my fabricator and ask what he recommends. I tell this story to let you know that you will in all likelihood get the stain out if you have sealed it. If you haven't sealed it, I would use 511 after you deal with this problem. Honestly, I have no stains.

Oh wow...that is amazing. I was gifted a faux fireplace that had been in a house that suffered a fire. Then it was left outside, and when I went to wash the soot off (luckily it did not smell), most of the old paint washed off. I tried to sand the rest of the paint off, but it just smeared. I think it was still a bit damp. Anyway, I painted over it with some pale green and want to get a lot of the green paint off, then maybe hit it with some glaze. It's got a lot of dentil molding and is really nice, but it NEEDS to be distressed finished. I will attempt to post a pic when I can download them off the camera. I'm going to check out that blog for more inspiration. I hope someone can come up with a way to distress like that piece shown tho!

I found a thread on the Laundry Room forum about removing gasoline from fabric, which I think would be about the same as removing kerosene. One poster lists a step-by-step method they found on Ask.com which might be particularly helpful. Several say that if such things are put in the washer it can ruin the machine or make it always smell of gas. My own suggestion would be to take the purse to a dry cleaner and explain what happened. They may know how to get the kerosene smell out without affecting the fabric dye. Here is a link that might be useful: Laundry Room discussion

It depends on how much mold there is, and how deeply it has infested the wood. IME, throwing it all out will save you a lot of grief and wasted effort. Trying to bleach clothes in a washer may contaminate your washer and dryer, then forever after you can smell mildew on brand new fabrics washed in the machine. Don't bring problems to a new home. Make a fresh start.