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Old 07-27-2008, 12:53 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Ovens with stone hearths were cleaned of oil in the old days with salt!
You might try burying it in a salt bag for a few days and see what happens!?
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JMS post above got me thinking, I have used salt and alcohol to clean foul ebay tobacco pipes. You fill the bowl with salt and put in some alcohol and leave it sit until the liquid dries and then knock it out. You can see the tar turning the salt brown in short order. I would try putting the stone in a leak proof container and then put in some alcohol and let it sit. Neither the alcohol or the salt will hurt the stone.
I was unable to make it to an automotive store, coz had forgotten about other plans that we had for yesterday (Saturday) So I put the hone in salt first. I will leave it a few more days and see what happens.
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