Cleaning A Gravestone

[Runningman]

Have you cleaned a family gravestone ?

What did you use ?

What shouldn't you use ?

 

Your help please !

[*Wallace*]

If it’s stone and it’s got moss etc on it something like Wet and Forget worked in with a brush should help,there are other cheaper versions of W and F but it is good.

Edited December 28, 2023 by *Wallace*

[Annie Bynnol]

What is the stone?

Is polished?

Inlaid?

Everything  - very weak colourless detergent and toothbrush-rinse thoroughly.

Never use chemicals like, vinegar, bleach, patio cleaners or abrasives

15 minutes ago, *Wallace* said:

If it’s stone and it’s got moss etc on it something like Wet and Forget worked in with a brush should help,there are other cheaper versions of Wand F but it is good.

   Never, ever use patio cleaners- they may do a good initial job but they will destroy 'inlay'(eg on granite) and be absorbed into slate, marble, limestone, composite etc. then leach out to will create far worse permanent stains!

[*Wallace*]

That’s why I said stone.

[El Cid]

I just used kitchen plastic brush and a spray.

[Annie Bynnol]

1 hour ago, *Wallace* said:

That’s why I said stone.

The examples of 'stone' that I gave being slate, marble, limestone and granite. Composite materials are also usually porous and will also stain'

 

 

[gaz 786]

4 hours ago, Runningman said:

Have you cleaned a family gravestone ?

What did you use ?

What shouldn't you use ?

 

Your help please !

Elbow grease 💪 

[crookesey]

IMHO the stone should age in line with the deceased’s tenure.

[Runningman]

7 hours ago, gaz 786 said:

Elbow grease 💪 

Where do you buy it from ?

Good evening and thanks for your replies

 

gaz 786, no need for that !

[Runningman]

Resurrecting this thread I started.

I am attempting to clean the gravestone of my paternal grandparents

The stone is typical of the thousands of Victorian stones in Sheffield Cemeteries, curved top, stands around 5ft tall.

The first inscription on the stone was for what would have been an Uncle of mine who died as a child in 1896

What type of stone are they, polished gritstone out of Derbyshire or what ?

 

Today I used a recommended substance, HG Kitchen - Natural Stone Worktop Cleaner purchased from B&Q

No good for what I require

 

Will now try Wallace's suggestion, Wet and Forget and let you know the outcome.