Clean a marble gravestone.
Marble grave stone aging.
Most new mass produced marbles are distinguished by an inner colored streak resembling a cat s eye this is a telltale sign that your marbles are not very old.
Pre wet the stone with clean water.
Photo by kevin fritz old town cemetery town of hillsborough n c.
Today granite has surpassed marble as most popular headstone material.
Many of the marble markers are weathered they are worn some are broken some have the name misspelled and some have the data incomplete said burns.
It is important that you know what type of stone you are dealing with.
Dab up some of the water and paint with a dry cloth.
If there is growth remove using a wooden scraper.
Spray more water onto the painted tombstone.
Cleaning gravestone on site is a difficult business.
The use of chemicals and high pressure is very inappropriate and mostly forbidden.
Over time with expanded availability and the improvement of stone cutting and carving tools granite became more affordable.
The very beautiful marble gravestone was aging and should look like it did on the first day.
Apply some black spray paint to the headstone in light uneven strokes.
Soak up any excess water.
Marble is not as affordable as other materials but it does create a polished classic appearance.
Old marbles tend to exhibit complex inner streaks in glass marbles faded outer markings in solid colored or clay marbles and a light.
Burns efforts center on enhancing each of the cemetery s existing 800 white georgia marble headstones by eventually adding new granite flat stones to the base of each one of them.
Marble headstones will run you a minimum of 1 500 for a full size headstone.
2 clean white cloths to dry and polish the headstone for example cloth diaper or microfiber cloth.
Different types of marble headstones.
The price rises depending on any extras the size and so on.
Apply some strokes of quarry spray and just a few touches of moss spray for texture.
Apply brown coloring to the grooves at the top of the.
Sometimes cleaning is done needlessly.
It may be best to leave those stones alone.
If the marble headstone is in good condition proceed to the next step.
Marble needs to be treated even more gently than granite.
Marble headstone of henry richards sr 1813 1890.
Steps to clean a granite headstone.
Only clean the granite headstone when needed.
Different types will require different cleaning methods.
Evaluate your marble collection in detail.
With the vacuum cleaning method from systeco reinigungstechnik a gravestone can be cleaned effortlessly in a short time.
Since marble is vulnerable to wear and tear marble headstones that have cracks and signs of aging should be left as is because cleaning can weaken the marble further and result in more serious damage.
Before starting to clean the granite grave monument remove excess dirt on or around the affected area.
