Most tape adhesives are mildly acidic. Special ph neutral "acid free" mounting tape used by conservators, curators, artists etc. is pretty expensive. Even with the mild acidity in masking tape, scotch tape etc, it will permanently etch marble after a few days (quicker depending on the humidity). If it's a highly polished marble surface the damage will be quite evident, and require extensive buffing and repolishing to restore it.
This just means the capitol fix requires all the marble to be resurfaced with platinum and gold.
I would say that the teacher’s union had better start buffing and polishing then! THAT would be an excellent lesson for THE CHILDREN...
That’s interesting. Thanks. I was certainly not aware of that and I imagine few if any of the protesters were as well. I suppose the question is why no one from the Capitol maintenance staff weighed in before this. Maybe none of them knew either?