Anybody got any experience in the conservation of Verde Antique marble in exterior applications? I am working on a potential project which must remain nameless for the time being, which incorporates Verde Antique which has sat out in the Northeast climate for many decades and gotten a fair amount of weather and human (if you consider skateboarders human) abuse, as well as what appears to me to be shoulda-been-expected disintegration. My feeling is that this was a less than wisely-chosen material for outdoor use, but evidently somebody liked it when it was new. There have been some terrazzo-like patches made, other apparently epoxy patches (some better, some worse) and some fairly large scale (1-2 SF?) recent repairs in good condition that look almost like paisley after a few seconds' worth of close examination. The good news is that there's no fine carving to worry about; it's all flat (vertical and horizontal) planes. Does anybody know of any papers, or other sources, on the conservation of Verde Antique, preferably exterior but will settle for interior? Thanks. Ralph **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>