Cleaning Childs Headstone And A Surprise On The Other Side
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2023
- I found this headstone because it was calling me. A two year old boy with Alge all over it. When I started cleaning I soon realized that this was the headstone for both a boy and his 17 year old sister who both died that same year in 1888.
In this video I talk about speaking with township trustees on permission to clean the headstones and techniques that I am using, plan to use or want to use in the future. Includes cleaning gravestones with D2 Biological Cleaner, Orvus, Wet & Forget and my new pump sprayers.
WOW! The difference when you went back 2 weeks later is amazing!!!
I'll go back and try and do another update.
Wow! That is such a remarkable improvement!
I admire your devotion to the stonework! It is just lovely. ⚘️
Oh my. The difference is amazing! Great job
Nice job! I enjoy seeing the after pictures!
Nice job! Your work and the video are great tutorials not only on technique but the importance of permission. Thank you #rvgminc
Awesome job
Beautiful job!
Great job! I'm glad I subscribed ❤😊
My goodness! What a tremendous improvement! It must give you a lot of satisfaction to know that you have literally restored someone's memory to the world. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much! I really appreciate the compliment.
great channel bro! great work.
Thank you for honoring these little souls. You did a great job. The right cleaner, gentle brush. I however would not add any other cleaners mixed with the D2. It might harm. This is so beautiful. I did 9 stones while on vacation in WV. If I go back next year, I’ll see how they turned out. The ones from the previous year were so white!!!!!
That’s what I am trying to do. Go back and do a quick spray on the ones I did last year. Hopefully they stay nice for a long time to come.
@@graveconcerns ❤️
D2 from what I understand eats the algae and if you mix it the enzyme might be killed.
Its ok, good that your keeping busy and getting out.
Yes, I have to keep busy. I’m down 10 lbs and 100:to go 😀
@@graveconcernsI'm so happy for you! Keep going! You're doing great!😊❤
Great job
It’s always such a remarkable experience to see the difference. Excellent work!!
Thank you
I love that you get out there and do this. ❤
I wouldn't mix D/2 with anything else as you have no idea if it will have a chemical reaction to each other. I found D/2 is the best you can use with the best results and you have caused no harm. I use small garden spray for the D/2 because as you say you can control the spray pattern and coverage much better. I tried wet and forget here in England and for me it didn't work so sticking to D/2. We have a big grave locally with a big white marble statue, they tried to "clean it" with brick acid and now it is slowly desolving as the acid that soaked deep in to the pourous marble desolves it. Another great job and two more souls remembered.
Thank you as always. I appreciate your insight. I really do like the small sprayer bottle for wetting the stone. If I can mark one, I might even use one for the D/2
@@graveconcerns I use the small spray bottles for the D/2 as i buy the gallon jugs which is more cost effective and as you say if you can control the coverage you don't waste D/2. Again just my personal preference is to spray the D/2 on from bottom to top and the only reason is to see what i have and haven't sprayed. I found the spraying from the top down made it difficult to see what i have and hadn't sprayed due to the D/2 running down the stone. It's just personal preference really but here is England a gallon of D/2 is £61 or $78.50 so any way of saving wastage is always good.
@@graveconcerns I mark all of mine...those things are the bomb and help not wear out your hands so much.
Great job. D2 is the best product.....however wet and forget is a great option as well. I've had great results with it and it more economical than d2.
I am going to get some wet & forget and give it a try. Like I told you before I would love to go a side by side comparison
More is not always better. Don’t risk an unexpected chemical reaction that could damage the stone in an attempt to do things better. You do a fabulous job with needing to take any risks.
You are correct - I shouldn’t try and re-event the wheel lol
@@graveconcerns you’re doing a wonderful thing, and this video is one you can be immensely proud of! Keep up the fabulous job!
Orvus, W&F & D2 all using on one stone doesn’t hurt a thing.
@@HappierHeadstones please cite your source, where this has been studied and proven to be true.
@@capers72424 🤣Seriously! The W&F & D2 have the same compound just different sulfates. And as far as the Orvus…really???? 🙄 I’m done!
Wet and Forget is terrible, do not use it. D2 is the only real way to clean. I use a spray bottle and it doesn’t waste as much. A garden sprayer gulps the product up pretty quick. WOW! That stone is like new!!!!!! Great job!!❤
Thank you I appreciate it!
If you decide to be a purist on cleaning these various stones, might I suggest using rain water instead of city water. Even river water would be better. City water still contain chemicals that could react with various stones. Great job, good to see you have found a passion that gets you motivated to get out and moving. Pat on the back to you, sir!
I'd put wet & Forget in the bucket to clean. At least it penetrates the stone. Orvus is just a surface cleaner but it's so weak.
You should bring a folding chair to rest on from time to time.
Lol yes I should - I do use the bucket to help me up but I am hoping this year to get back in shape!!
I love those type spray bottle...NO, don’t dilute D2, use orvus first then when finished spray D2 and leave
I agree with you. I just can’t dilute the D2
@@graveconcerns some people pre-treat with W&F, but in my region it is a waste of money. Your region cleans up nicely I think if you used orvus first to get the biological gunk off of yours first then treat just once at the end with D2 you’ll be fine. It took me awhile to get on board with Orvus, but it definitely saves my D2. I mix my orvus up in a spray bottle so I don’t have so much stuff to carry around and that works well for me. We also have very soft water here and that produces too many suds to try to rinse in a cemetery. There is a video about the correct ratio to mix in a spray botte, using distilled water (again, that helps control my suds and I get plenty of suds using the distilled water) but depending on your water you might not need to do that. However, I have seen people clean with W&F like you do with D2 that have produced good reults. You can experiment using it that way and it might do well for you, but spraying and walking away....I don’t see a benefit. I am currently experimenting with one that I don’t go to often with W&F though. We have sprayed it twice and in the Fall I will see if it helped me out by doing so. It’s a large marble headstone and it has the black mold all over it. Hopefully it killed the biological growth and I will only have to do one good cleaning on it (usually I have to do those twice). You’ve got all of the right ideas though. It’s just a matter of seeing what works best for you!
Orvus did nothing for me except take off surface dirt. It doesn't touch algea. I even tripled the amount used and mixed with water and still the same. D2 seems to be the champ. But wet and forget does work it just takes forever. I am inpatient. I want them white within a few months and I didn't see any difference with wet and forget after 4 weeks so I sprayed again and I'll wait another 4 weeks.
That’s my deal with W&F too. However, the Orvus is supposed to just take off the surface elements...this way the D2 doesn’t have to work through that too. So instead of the initial cleaning with D2, then spraying again when done, you have saved 1/2 of your D2 by using Orvous for the intial cleaning. It took me a while to get on board with that, but it’s saving me D2 for sure and giving me the same results. That Orvus is dirt cheap for as long as it last, like forever. (I am impatient too, but I have seen people scrub with W&F rather than just walking away from it getting decent results..but not me)
I have been using Wet & Forget to clean and the spraying again with D2. I also 50/50 D2 with water. So I'm saving on the cleanings and last spray. I love D2 but can't solely use it anymore since it's so expensive. Good luck. Love the videos.
@@anitaludovici2859 You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. I’m sure there is still major improvement. I have one that I keep passing that is black (marble stone), a different black, kinda like soot looking black) not sutre what it is, but I just had to clean it and I only used water. It’s not perfect by any means, but now it’s gray at least.
Do not use any chemical other than d2, anything else will in time damage the stone
Not true - you can use wet and forget. The National Cemetery Association actual has several other brands that can be used but D/2 is the most popular.
Again, I've tried both wet and forget and D2. Wet and Forget is not as strong as D2. I don't much care for it. I'd rather dilute D2 with 3/4 D2 and 1/4 water and it does the same thing and last longer.
I’ve never tried Wet & Forget but I see it at the store and I know it is a whole lot cheaper. I guess you get what you pay for lol.
@@graveconcerns It’s worth gettig and playng with it, you will probably never be satisfied until you do. It might work for you.