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Cleaning gravestones

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  • 31-01-2008 3:13pm
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    babyguinnessfan
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    Would like to clean my grandparents' headstones - one is granite and the other a sort of white marble. Anyone know the best way to get lichen etc. off?
    Sorry for the slightly morbid thread:)


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    Adam
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    Cillit Bang. Bang, and the dirt is gone.


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    JohnnyChimpo
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    nitric acid


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    babyguinnessfan
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    Thanks - any ideas where I'd get my mitts on nitric acid?


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    6th
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    Woodies sell alot of clearners for diferent stone types, or at least they did when I worked there. Granite, Slate, Marble etc. I cant remember the brand name but its usually near the tile adhesives etc.

    When you finish cleaning then treat them with a sealer and they will stay cleaner for longer.

    There are companies that clean headstones but they are not cheap.


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    Dragan
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    babyguinnessfan wrote: »
    Would like to clean my grandparents' headstones - one is granite and the other a sort of white marble. Anyone know the best way to get lichen etc. off?
    Sorry for the slightly morbid thread:)

    He dude, get yourself either a softwire steel brush, or a hard plastic one....just bring along some watch and soak the lichen with a cloth for a while then scrub. Those two brushes won't damage the headstones in any way and should make quick work of it in conjunction with the soaking.


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    babyguinnessfan
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    OK lads - thanks for your help.


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    milli
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    Domestos or something with bleach is also good.


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    Maximilian
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    You can never go wrong with lasers.


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    humanji
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    Dynamite.


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    spurious
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    See:
    How to clean a headstone


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    babyguinnessfan
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    Thanks for posting that link up spurious - brilliant info. Thanks to everyone for all the other suggestions too...except maybe the dynamite one. Had to giggle though, even if it is my grandparents' headstones we are talking about. :)
    Off I go tomorrow so in my fetching safety goggles and rubber gloves.


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