Molten Tar splashed on Alabaster Sculpture!

After the last wild fire, we had an alabaster sculpture in the lab that had been splashed with molten tar.  What a mess!  The hard surfaced stone allowed us to soften the tar with paint thinner and carefully pick off the spots. The risk of doing this with a solvent, is in dissolving the tar and staining the stone. You must do a little test first to make sure you don't create a more difficult situation. After some work and gently picking at the tar, it cleaned up beautifully!