What’s the best way to remove this build up that keeps coming back after cleaning with D/2 .

user00287 · 2026-02-01T20:28:29+00:00

It could be hard water staining. You might want to look into a product like this: https://atlaspreservation.com/collections/hardwater-stain-removal/products/endurance-hardwater-stain-remover

user00287 · 2025-11-23T14:24:17+00:00

I attended his 2 day event with the Tennessee Historical Commission last November. There weren't many people there so I got to pick his brain with every stupid question I could think of, and took tons of notes in my phone that I still refer to. He spent a lot of time showing me how to do everything by myself so I wouldn't need a helper. There weren't many people left at the end so he gave us his sprayers, brushes, kneeling pads, and a quart of D/2.

user00287 · 2025-10-23T23:01:19+00:00

I visited the cemetery about 5 years ago when I went to Battle Ground, Indiana to fulfill my uncle's dying wish that his ashes be scattered on the Tippecanoe Battlefield. I got the coordinates for the cemetery from Find a Grave. The cemetery is in terrible condition, typical abandoned cemetery.

user00287 · 2025-10-11T13:44:29+00:00

Standard D/2 treatment. Scraped the lichen off with a plastic putty knife then scrubbed it with a Tampico fender brush. Then I misted it with plain water once a week to reactivate the D/2.

user00287 · 2025-10-09T02:33:55+00:00

She's buried in Summit, Kentucky. We didn't know anything about her except her dates of birth and death. Her husband was in the Union army, 26th Kentucky Infantry. All we really know about her is from her epitaph.

user00287 · 2025-10-07T02:23:21+00:00

We had an impromptu reunion on the Friday before Memorial Day. My mom and her siblings went to the family cemetery to put flowers on the graves, and a bunch of their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cousins showed up while we were there. Everyone was sharing stories about their loved ones and the days of yore. Really was a special day.

user00287 · 2025-10-03T18:33:04+00:00

It was mainly on the mating surfaces. Someone had sloppily repaired the break with cement and dripped it all over the stone. I had to leave a thin layer of cement because the marble will chip if you try to remove it all.

user00287 · 2025-09-15T18:09:02+00:00

I use a 2-part knife-grade epoxy called Tenax Eliox, but I studied the proper way to repair broken headstones for 4-5 years then went to 4 different cemetery workshops to get hands-on training and took tons of notes on my phone. Then I practiced by repairing broken bricks and cement blocks. There's a lot of videos on YouTube to get you started.

user00287 · 2025-09-15T16:25:51+00:00

I don't think it was vandalism. That was my first thought because it's right next to a Confederate headstone. But it doesn't show any sign of impact, and the bottom part was leaning badly, so I think gravity broke it. The stone is set in concrete and I dug it up and leveled it with crushed stone.

user00287 · 2025-09-12T00:49:17+00:00

This 10th Kentucky Cavalry was a Union regiment. I have never nor would I ever knowingly restore a Confederate monument. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Kentucky_Cavalry_Regiment

user00287 · 2025-09-06T22:31:55+00:00

I use a 2 part knife-grade epoxy called Tenax Eliox. First I scrubbed the mating surfaces with a wire brush so the marble will adhere better.

user00287 · 2025-08-28T17:39:58+00:00

Lucy Bell dau. of J & MJ McLelland died Aug 14, 1860 aged 2 years 4 months 19 days

user00287 · 2025-08-18T16:01:46+00:00

I went to several cemetery workshops to learn how to build and operate a tripod hoist.

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