Any ideas before I make things worse?

Yes-- don't put him in the freezer. It tends to spoil the taste of the food in there. :-)

Seriously-- try using a solvent, like laquer thinner.. it ALSO may leave a little bit of a stain, but it'll evaporate out of the stone much quicker than mint oil would, and it just might loosen the mint oil up enough to pull it out with it. The other alternative would be to let it be, and over a month or two, it'll evaporate out of the stone on its own.

Thanks Bill, I knew I could count on you! I applied some baby powder to see if it would absorb the oil. Saved a pair of pants from a bad grease stain once using baby powder until I could get to the dry cleaner.

Anne

Maybe Dawn dishwashing liquid? I use it on grease-stained clothing before washing and it works really well (saves my DH a trip to kitchenkelly's morgue drawers...!).

I used a paste of powdered dishwasher detergent and liquid laundry detergent to get a butter stain out of a silk blouse once...worth a try? And DH uses kitty litter to absorb oil from the garage floor and driveway.

I have slate tile in my kitchen, glad I sealed it...hope I don't forget to do it again every now and then!

What about plain old rubbing alcohol? Would that work, Bill? I know folks who have soapstone counters use it if they decide to "undo" their oiling. Maybe it would have the same effect on an oil stain on slate?????

Good question. I don't know. I DO know the alcohol wouldn't hurt the slate, so it might be worth a try.