Maybe I'm afraid of nothing regarding my faucets, LOL. Update on the middle ear - I had this for over six months, went to one MD who gave me antibiotics, despite me insisting that I did not have an infection. No change. Went to a second MD who told me to try antihistamines. I tried and they helped but didn't get rid of the ailment. And I don't like to take stuff like that on a regular basis. Then finally went to an ENT who prescribed steroidal nasal spray and told me I needed to use it for three months. Um, no. I don't think so but thanks anyway. Gak. Steroids have too many known side effects and rebound effects. Meanwhile I read that it takes a while to go away on its own. I've never tried any nasal sprays in my life, but in researching online I decided to try saline spray. I got it on Monday. After twice a day spraying with holding the saline solution in my sinuses with my head laid towards my affected ear, the plugged up ear is almost totally fixed! After all that frustration and useless medical establishment. I believe the swollen eustachian tube was a result of allergies, exacerbated by living in the middle of a remodel, which is also finished now. I cleaned most of the dust from every room. I have just one room full of boxes left to do, and I am doing it slowly to make sure I don't kick up and breathe the dust. Spring allergens are in force right now also, so maybe your friends' allergies are kicking up too. I got Arm and Hammer saline nasal spray from Amazon.

I personally think that the Magic Erasers are one of the best ideas in the last decade, as far as cleaning goes...(I was so impressed with the scrubbing bubbles for cleaning mini blinds...) I have used the erasers on whiteboards that got marked on with permanent markers, refrigerator handles that get disgusting with 3 men and a couple grandsons in and out, Step 2 toy box bookshelf that had been in the shed for a couple months, grunge on cabinet doors, pots and pans, light switches, front door, back door.....I use it at least 3x a week on something! Most of all to my surprise, we bought a used car that needed a LOT of TLC a couple years ago....looked like someone had skimmed the fenders and bumpers on wet paint, (white paint on a red car). To my amazement, it came off without a hitch! I also used it on the leather seats, dash and steering wheel. A couple years before that, the white car had brushed the tractor fender and I used it to remove the red paint from a white car! GO MAGIC ERASERS!!

We did a facelift in our kitchen, saving us thousands of dollard, due to Magic Erasers! I love my kitchen cupboards but they were looking every bit of their 24 years old. We had to do something so I figured there was nothing to lose. I scrubbed them down with Magic Erasers, rinsed them with whited vinegar water and then used paste wax on them. Even my cleaning lady thought we had bought new cupboards.

I agree with the comment about waiting for a bit. Since the area you used the Magic Eraser on is darker than the rest, it probably just needs time to allow the stain to evaporate. If you had sanded down to a rougher finish, it wouldn't be darker. I just totally sanded my countertops down (over-polished somewhere along the production process), and they were much lighter gray when I finished. I would say though that if you are already worried about trying to remove oil marks, you are going to be pulling your hair out trying to keep up with it, particularly with a lighter color of soapstone. The whole point of soapstone is not worrying about those spots, which is why I think most folks end up oiling or waxing.