Grave cleaning.......

I tended the family grave on Sunday ... we had it prof cleaned about ten years ago ... it cost a fortune

Again it is covered in grey mould or alge and can hardly read the leaded writing

Any ideas on what i can clean the marble with easily and with out damaging the lead

Thanks in advance

 

And, use a wire brush.

 

Be carefull round the writing though

 

Yep, don't use a ferous wire brush as tiny bits break off & leave rust stains eventually.

Ph neutral detergent, soft or phosphor bronze brush, after its washed down seal the marble with a microcrystaline wax

 

You have a family grave????!!!!!!???? I have not seen my parents grave in 20+ years. Visiting family grave sites are something I don't understand that folks do.

 

To be honest redstar niether do I - they are all cremated.

 

Something we feel we should do, feel guilty if we don't do, and then feel thoroughly miserable afterwards!!!

Val

 

A very nice lady/girl from Chelmsford Cemetery and Crematorium was nice enough to send me a couple of snaps of my maternal grandparents Gravestone. I know it is hard to believe, but I only realised I had another set of grandparents when I was well into my teens

Cheers, Tony.

 

Mum not letting on then? Mine did that about 2 Brothers and a Sister. Mum's are odd.

 

Isn't that used to kill Honey Fungus?

 

Attitudes to death and remembrance are very diverse. We lost a tot who was cremated but don't feel any need to visit where his ashes are but he's still very much in our hearts.
Mrs W wants a simple woodland burial, and all her side of the family were buried with headstones and a lot of palaver - open coffins, lying in the church etc.
I've a very pragmatic approach. Since matter i.e. me can be neither created nor destroyed I want the cheapest, most space saving and eco-friendly option and to be returned to the environment in my component elements where the plants and trees will take me up.