Your great great grandparents would be so proud of you and how you came to be raised ❤. I bet they never thought their great great grandson would be coming out to visit them and maintaining their headstones. Way to go my friend. God bless you. I wish there were more ppl as giving of themselves and considerate as you
I watch grave cleaning often. I have always wondered why no one wore a mask with all of the dangerous chemicals (D2) and mold, mildew, etc of over 30 to 150 years on these graves! That stuff goes flying through the air, unless you simply wet it, D2 it or Wet and Forget It, then leave. Thank you for being intelligent about this. ❤ Lovely outcome!
MORE GOOD CLEANING AND PRESERVATION INFORMATION -- go to the National Cemetery Administration website [part of the US Dept of Veterans Affairs] and in their search box search for "Fact Sheet: Cleaning Government - Furnished Headstones / Markers " See also RUclips postings: "Veteran Headstone Cleaning Protocol for Private and Municipal Cemeteries" and "MUST watch before cleaning Gravestones, by a Stone Carver"
Try D2. It is a chemical spray designed for cleaning stone markers. Use with water and brushes. It continues to clean and destroy mold and lichens on the stone. Good stuff.
Why ? I do this all the time. Their was a father & son whom headstones were so mildewy you could not see or read it. Now, it raise up and cleaned. They were dead since the 70's. Go to the cemetery and help those who's headstones need cleaning. Great rewards
I supposed that the people at Arlington, shouldn’t do this either? Take a look at a photo from any National Cemetery, and ask yourself, why are the Revolutionary, Civil, WW1, WW11,Korea, VietNam, and current tombstones, all look the same? Because they are cleaned! Do you think that Veterans Graves in Local Cemeteries look like Arlington? It’s disgraceful, that NOT enough people like this young man, don’t get out there and donate 1 hour of precious time, and about $30 worth of materials, to show respect for someone who has put on a Uniform, to preserve and protect your and My freedom. This young man is most likely cleaning the monument, of a family member. Cemetery workers are NOT responsible to clean Stones. They maintain the grounds, and dig the graves.
@@bobmcnelis3648exactly. My son and I also do this for headstones in the child section that have passed a long time ago. We do it for the mothers who are now likely too elderly to do it for their children but feel guilt knowing they can't maintain it the way they'd like to ❤ I would be hurt about that too in my elderly years. "Gone but not forgotten" should not just apply to OUR loved ones. Everyone out there was a loved one to someone...
Your great great grandparents would be so proud of you and how you came to be raised ❤. I bet they never thought their great great grandson would be coming out to visit them and maintaining their headstones. Way to go my friend. God bless you. I wish there were more ppl as giving of themselves and considerate as you
I watch grave cleaning often. I have always wondered why no one wore a mask with all of the dangerous chemicals (D2) and mold, mildew, etc of over 30 to 150 years on these graves! That stuff goes flying through the air, unless you simply wet it, D2 it or Wet and Forget It, then leave. Thank you for being intelligent about this. ❤ Lovely outcome!
Good hard elbow grease gets it done. Good job.
Good job TFS🙏🙏👍
MORE GOOD CLEANING AND PRESERVATION INFORMATION -- go to the National Cemetery Administration website [part of the US Dept of Veterans Affairs] and in their search box search for "Fact Sheet: Cleaning Government - Furnished Headstones / Markers "
See also RUclips postings:
"Veteran Headstone Cleaning Protocol for Private and Municipal Cemeteries"
and
"MUST watch before cleaning Gravestones, by a Stone Carver"
A scraper would help to remove mould and lichen before using a cleaner, D2 or similar. It will get cleaner as time passes.
Try D2. It is a chemical spray designed for cleaning stone markers. Use with water and brushes. It continues to clean and destroy mold and lichens on the stone. Good stuff.
Yes that works great
Inspiration al. Thanks
You should use a natural fiber brush (like horse hair) not plastic bristles or like you said, metallic bristles.
From the bottom to the top it’s because as a solution or scrubbing happens it doesn’t streak running down the Unworked surface
One more spray of D2 and leave it
I think you supposed to scrub in circles.
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@@chriskleemeier7150 freedom of speech…..
You should not be teaching this....sorry....
Why ?
I do this all the time.
Their was a father & son whom headstones were so mildewy you could not see or read it.
Now, it raise up and cleaned.
They were dead since the 70's.
Go to the cemetery and help those who's headstones need cleaning.
Great rewards
I supposed that the people at Arlington, shouldn’t do this either? Take a look at a photo from any National Cemetery, and ask yourself, why are the Revolutionary, Civil, WW1, WW11,Korea, VietNam, and current tombstones, all look the same? Because they are cleaned! Do you think that Veterans Graves in Local Cemeteries look like Arlington? It’s disgraceful, that NOT enough people like this young man, don’t get out there and donate 1 hour of precious time, and about $30 worth of materials, to show respect for someone who has put on a Uniform, to preserve and protect your and My freedom. This young man is most likely cleaning the monument, of a family member. Cemetery workers are NOT responsible to clean Stones. They maintain the grounds, and dig the graves.
@@bobmcnelis3648 AMEN Bob!
@@HappierHeadstones Thank You!
@@bobmcnelis3648exactly. My son and I also do this for headstones in the child section that have passed a long time ago. We do it for the mothers who are now likely too elderly to do it for their children but feel guilt knowing they can't maintain it the way they'd like to ❤ I would be hurt about that too in my elderly years.
"Gone but not forgotten" should not just apply to OUR loved ones. Everyone out there was a loved one to someone...