Pre wet the stone with clean water.
Marble grave stone aging.
Spray more water onto the painted tombstone.
Photo by kevin fritz old town cemetery town of hillsborough n c.
Apply brown coloring to the grooves at the top of the.
For instance it can be easy to mistake the natural patina of aging for dirt.
Before starting to clean the granite grave monument remove excess dirt on or around the affected area.
Apply some strokes of quarry spray and just a few touches of moss spray for texture.
The price rises depending on any extras the size and so on.
If there is growth remove using a wooden scraper.
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.
Clean a marble gravestone.
Evaluate your marble collection in detail.
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.
Different types will require different cleaning methods.
2 clean white cloths to dry and polish the headstone for example cloth diaper or microfiber cloth.
Apply some black spray paint to the headstone in light uneven strokes.
Marble headstones will not look as white as the day they were set because the nature of marble is to change color as it is exposed to the elements.
Over time with expanded availability and the improvement of stone cutting and carving tools granite became more affordable.
The use of chemicals and high pressure is very inappropriate and mostly forbidden.
Marble needs to be treated even more gently than granite.
Soak up any excess water.
Today granite has surpassed marble as most popular headstone material.
Only clean the granite headstone when needed.
Sometimes cleaning is done needlessly.
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.
If the marble headstone is in good condition proceed to the next step.
With the vacuum cleaning method from systeco reinigungstechnik a gravestone can be cleaned effortlessly in a short time.
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.
Steps to clean a granite headstone.
The very beautiful marble gravestone was aging and should look like it did on the first day.
Marble is not as affordable as other materials but it does create a polished classic appearance.
Cleaning gravestone on site is a difficult business.
Dab up some of the water and paint with a dry cloth.
Old marbles tend to exhibit complex inner streaks in glass marbles faded outer markings in solid colored or clay marbles and a light.
Saturate the marble headstone with clean water.
Marble headstone of henry richards sr 1813 1890.
Different types of marble headstones.
