Cleaning gravestones
- Thread starter Old Coastie
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Desk Jockey
Member
Won't it ruin the patina of age earned?
Pretty cool looking...even to a Yankee.
Pretty cool looking...even to a Yankee.
SuperDave212
Member
Kleenzstone is good they come in 1 2 3 4 depending on application....call fritz at regent stone products...literally spray it on wait rinse it off...
Bryan Thomson
Supportive Member
If this is a "historical grave site" you need to check with the "historical society" and find out if they will allow you to clean off the " historical dirt/ patina"
I was cleaning an exterior wall in San Antonio near the River Walk and was told to stop because it was right next to a "historical site" which could have lead to significant fines if I had gone any further.
Better "safe then sorry".....just saying.
I was cleaning an exterior wall in San Antonio near the River Walk and was told to stop because it was right next to a "historical site" which could have lead to significant fines if I had gone any further.
Better "safe then sorry".....just saying.
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Thank you both. The gravestone is like so many; on private property. There are thousands of these all over the South. Similarly there are many tiny cemetaries that one finds out in the middle of nowhere, forgotton and neglected. In this instance a friend is looking for suggestions to clean it up
And perhaps, put a sealant on it to slow the march of time.
And perhaps, put a sealant on it to slow the march of time.
Desk Jockey
Member
If the sealant works, I wouldn't mind being sprayed with some of that stuff.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Why?If the sealant works, I wouldn't mind being sprayed with some of that stuff.
That weathered look looks natural on you.
Desk Jockey
Member
Fook you..and fook me. 
Bastard!
Bastard!
Bryan Thomson
Supportive Member
There is a product that Mikey P uses that "is not" acidic base but aka like an acid cleaner which is what you would need to remove the black stains on the limestone.
I would lightly agitate with this product and then rinse / extract at low pressure say 400 psi.....let dry and seal with a good penetrating stone sealer.
I would lightly agitate with this product and then rinse / extract at low pressure say 400 psi.....let dry and seal with a good penetrating stone sealer.
Mikey P
Administrator
40 vol, scrub, rinse.
Klenztone 1 or 3
Cameron DeMille
Member
Klenztone or D/2 Biowash. D/2 can be sprayed on afterwards as a preventative treatment as well.
http://www.easystonecare.com/D2-Biological-Solution-p/d2.htm
http://www.easystonecare.com/D2-Biological-Solution-p/d2.htm
